My Department has made a provision of €75 million for the Pandemic Unemployment Payment for the whole of 2022.
On 27th September 2022, as part of the Budget 2023 announcement, my department made a provision of €100,000 for the Pandemic Unemployment Payment in 2023.
In line with the Government’s Economic Recovery Plan, Pandemic Unemployment Payments gradually changed over a 6-month period, from September 2021 to February 2022, to align it with standard jobseeker payments.
The Pandemic Unemployment Payment scheme has been closed since April 2022.
I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.