Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 July 2020

Tuesday, 7 July 2020

Ceisteanna (505)

Seán Sherlock

Ceist:

505. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who takes employment under the July provision scheme but is not paid until October 2020 will retain their Covid-19 payments. [14004/20]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Where a person in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment returns to work they should notify the Department of the date they resume working as they are not entitled to the payment when in work. Although the payment is closed from the day the person returns to work they will receive their final payment the following week as it is payable a week in arrears. Where a person will not receive a payment from their employer for a number of weeks they can apply for Supplementary Welfare Allowance. In order to qualify for Supplementary Welfare Allowance a person must undergo a means test and satisfy the schemes eligibility criteria.

I trust that this clarifies the matter.