Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 July 2021
306. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the level of Covid-19 related payments has tapered off in recent weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35713/21]
View answerThis week, just under 228,000 people will receive a Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP), the lowest number to date in 2021, and a decline of 53% since the February 2021 peak. This is a decline of 16,200 (-6.6 %) people compared to last week, and a decline of 175,100 or -43.4% since the Construction sector re-opened. The following table sets out recipient numbers for the February 2021 peak, the week Construction re-opened, the week Retail re-opened, and this week.
|
2021 Peak (09/02/2021) |
Construction reopens (04/05/2021) |
Retail reopens (18/05/2021) |
This week (29/06/2021) |
|
|
Recipients |
485,810 |
403,101 |
363,172 |
227,982 |
|
% change compared to peak |
- |
-17.0% |
-25.2% |
-53.1% |
