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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 2 June 2021

Wednesday, 2 June 2021

Questions (170, 171)

Thomas Pringle

Question:

170. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons on the €203, €250 and €300 rates of payment per week of the pandemic unemployment payment in tabular form. [30125/21]

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Thomas Pringle

Question:

171. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under the age of 25 years who are on the €203, €250 and €300 rates of payment per week of the pandemic unemployment payment in tabular form. [30126/21]

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I propose to take Questions Nos. 170 and 171 together.

The information requested by the Deputy is included in the attached tabular statements and includes weekly breakdowns by PUP rate since the start of the year. Statistics on the number and ages of persons receiving the various rates of payments are published each week by my Department at www.gov.ie/dsp/statistics.

PUP Payment Dates

Table 1 : Under 25s by Rate of Payment

PUP payment date

€203

€250

€300

€350

05/01/2021

23,166

24,598

20,663

21,968

12/01/2021

25,833

27,790

23,366

25,307

19/01/2021

26,875

29,070

24,952

29,018

26/01/2021

27,205

29,271

25,162

29,477

02/02/2021

27,311

29,285

25,152

29,517

09/02/2021

27,355

29,253

25,197

29,368

16/02/2021

27,237

29,130

24,971

28,852

23/02/2021

27,151

28,985

24,766

28,362

02/03/2021

27,177

28,854

24,621

27,945

09/03/2021

27,185

28,758

24,525

27,726

16/03/2021

27,028

28,517

24,270

27,260

23/03/2021

26,895

28,321

24,028

26,866

30/03/2021

26,768

28,074

23,817

26,497

06/04/2021

26,578

27,795

23,564

26,078

13/04/2021

26,250

27,308

23,152

25,523

20/04/2021

26,181

27,182

22,976

25,203

27/04/2021

25,726

26,562

22,405

24,121

04/05/2021

25,153

25,731

21,616

22,787

11/05/2021

24,889

25,387

21,288

22,302

18/05/2021

24,419

24,827

20,730

21,543

25/05/2021

23,294

23,569

19,464

20,041

01/06/2021

21,722

21,780

18,010

18,597

Table 2: PUP totals by Rate of Payment

PUP payment date

€203

€250

€300

€350

05/01/2021

72,153

65,508

66,347

170,836

12/01/2021

78,188

72,604

74,124

197,777

19/01/2021

82,138

76,984

80,086

237,923

26/01/2021

83,003

77,551

80,897

243,017

02/02/2021

83,379

77,678

81,091

243,313

09/02/2021

83,522

77,716

81,260

243,312

16/02/2021

83,263

77,336

80,660

239,359

23/02/2021

82,965

76,952

80,078

235,724

02/03/2021

82,873

76,526

79,567

231,689

09/03/2021

82,628

76,000

78,969

229,125

16/03/2021

81,698

74,948

77,614

223,842

23/03/2021

80,992

74,143

76,600

219,464

30/03/2021

80,327

73,296

75,710

215,344

06/04/2021

79,696

72,682

75,036

211,256

13/04/2021

78,197

70,672

73,103

205,107

20/04/2021

77,569

70,357

72,659

201,531

27/04/2021

75,905

68,136

70,199

188,861

04/05/2021

74,025

65,890

67,545

177,755

11/05/2021

73,037

64,861

66,370

172,403

18/05/2021

71,505

63,253

64,437

163,975

25/05/2021

66,876

58,562

59,054

149,714

01/06/2021

62,482

54,115

54,484

138,436

Question No. 171 answered with Question No. 170.
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