Peadar Tóibín
Question:659. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number receiving pandemic unemployment payments per week to date in 2021; and the cost of these payments per week to date in 2021. [16540/21]
View answerWednesday, 31 March 2021
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The COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment is available to employees and the self-employed who have lost their job on or after 13th March 2020 due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The expenditure to date in 2021 for the COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment is €1.8 billion with over 5 million payments made.
These figures are provisional and are subject to reconciliation.
The table below provides the number and value of payments weekly from 8th January 2021 up to 30th March 2021.
|
Week Ending |
Number of Payments |
Payment Value |
|
# |
€'000 |
|
|
08/01/2021 |
335,412 |
99,091,891 |
|
15/01/2021 |
422,544 |
129,406,417 |
|
22/01/2021 |
460,794 |
138,447,046 |
|
29/01/2021 |
476,701 |
143,829,275 |
|
05/02/2021 |
480,780 |
144,707,585 |
|
12/02/2021 |
481,957 |
145,010,383 |
|
19/02/2021 |
478,482 |
143,984,051 |
|
26/02/2021 |
474,101 |
154,797,308 |
|
05/03/2021 |
469,323 |
140,870,460 |
|
12/03/2021 |
471,686 |
141,535,612 |
|
19/03/2021 |
456,583 |
136,738,994 |
|
26/03/2021 |
449,126 |
134,347,300 |
|
02/04/2021 |
443,247 |
132,300,000 |
|
Total |
5,900,736 |
1,785,066,322 |