13,150 Mayo people to receive PUP payments this week

The Department of Social Protection has this week issued weekly payments valued at €144.59 million to 481,331 people in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP).

They include 13,150 in Mayo.

The number of people receiving a PUP payment this week represents an increase of 1,698 (0.35 per cent) on the 479,633 people paid last week.

These figures are in addition to the 188,543 people who were on the Live Register at the end of January.

All Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payments issued will be in recipients’ bank accounts or at their post office tomorrow.

Dublin is the county with the highest number of people who are receiving PUP this week at 149,534.

It is followed by Cork with 49,195, and then Galway with 25,603.

Cavan, Donegal, Limerick, Louth, Monaghan, Offaly and Westmeath have fewer numbers of people claiming PUP this week than last week.

The numbers in Mayo remain the same this week as last week (13,150).

The sector with the highest number of people receiving PUP this week is Accommodation and Food Service activities (111,872).

This is followed by wholesale and retail Trade (76,606) and Construction (62,902).

Construction is the sector that has seen the largest increase in the number of people receiving PUP this week, with an additional 368 people now receiving the payment compared to last week.

The wholesale and retail sector has seen the number of PUP recipients increase to 76,606, compared to 76,367 last week.

This is followed by the manufacturing sector, which has seen the number of PUP recipients increased from 27,577 to 27,732.

Some 50% of those receiving PUP are on the maximum rate of €350 per week.