Cathal Crowe
Ceist:307. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons supported by the pandemic unemployment payment, by county, in tabular form. [8029/23]
Amharc ar fhreagraThursday, 16 February 2023
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The COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) was a social welfare payment for employees and self-employed people who lost their job due to the COVID-19 public health emergency.
In total, 879,772 people received at least one PUP payment. The breakdown by county of these individuals is provided in Table 1 below.
Table 1: PUP recipients, by county
|
County |
Recipients |
|
Carlow |
10,311 |
|
Cavan |
14,366 |
|
Clare |
21,481 |
|
Cork |
90,949 |
|
Donegal |
30,294 |
|
Dublin |
258,967 |
|
Galway |
47,343 |
|
Kerry |
31,090 |
|
Kildare |
40,123 |
|
Kilkenny |
16,794 |
|
Laois |
14,383 |
|
Leitrim |
5,519 |
|
Limerick |
32,475 |
|
Longford |
6,645 |
|
Louth |
25,025 |
|
Mayo |
23,338 |
|
Meath |
38,522 |
|
Monaghan |
13,088 |
|
Offaly |
13,694 |
|
Roscommon |
10,794 |
|
Sligo |
10,950 |
|
Tipperary |
26,163 |
|
Waterford |
19,996 |
|
Westmeath |
16,476 |
|
Wexford |
29,730 |
|
Wicklow |
25,806 |
|
Other or county unknown |
5,450 |
|
Total |
879,772 |