Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independents 4 Change)
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1087. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the workers brought to Dublin by a company (details supplied) in April 2020 were in receipt of the Covid-19 payment during their two week quarantine as stated by the company in the national media. [8652/20]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) was introduced by my Department in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.  It is an income support payment for both employees and the self-employed who have become fully unemployed due to a downturn in economic activity related to Covid-19.  The Covid-19 PUP is payable where a person meeting the qualifying criteria became unemployed on or after 06/03/2020.

A person is eligible to apply for the Covid-19 (PUP) if they:

- are aged between 18 and 66 years old and

- are currently living in the Republic of Ireland and

- have lost their job due to the Covid-19 pandemic or

- have been temporarily laid off due to the Covid-19 pandemic and

- worked in the Republic of Ireland or were a cross border frontier worker and

- are not in receipt of any employment income

I am advised that as the workers referred to by the Deputy were not living in the Republic of Ireland and not employed within the State on or after 06/03/2020 they would not have met the eligibility criteria to apply for the Covid-19 PUP during their 2 week quarantine period.

I trust this clarifies the matter.