12,995 Mayo people to receive PUP this week

The Department of Social Protection has issued weekly payments valued at €143.34 million to 477,665 people in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP).

The number of people receiving a PUP payment this week has decreased by 3,666 compared to last week.

Of the number, 12,995 are Mayo recipients.

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, Tuesday.

Dublin is the county with the highest number of people who are receiving PUP this week at 148,879. It is followed by Cork (48,658) and Galway (25,496).

People returning to work

The past seven days saw people from every county close their PUP claims as they were returning to work.

Overall, some 12,880 people closed their PUP claims, with 10,201 of these stating that they were doing so because they are returning to work.

Dublin had the greatest number of people closing their claims to return to work (2,526), followed by Cork (1,047) and Kildare (510).