Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As I am conscious that a number of colleagues asked similar questions, I will paraphrase the question for the Minister. It is to ask the number of people, by county, in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment at present and the corresponding figures for those same counties last month. The question also seeks the number of people in each of those counties who have received the payment since its introduction and the total expenditure on such payments in each county over that time and if the Minister will make a statement on this matter. I will share the two minutes allotted with my revered colleague, Deputy Murnane O'Connor, in order that we can give the Minister a proper grilling.

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