Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I do not have those figures to hand. I will ask my officials. I do not know if they are available. There were a number of people in different sectors who closed their pandemic unemployment payment for the week of 11 May. We had the highest number of closures in the construction sector, with 3,107 that week. The previous week we had 3,729. There is a gradual reduction in that sector and that is the highest reduction.

All these figures are commensurate with the reopening of the economy and we will have a better and clearer picture when the economy is fully reopened. Then we can really target our resources at people who have lost out and will not go back to the jobs they were previously in.

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