Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party)
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665. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons in receipt of jobseeker's transitional payment can currently receive the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment in which they have had a total loss of employment. [21240/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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It is my Departament's policy that the Pandemic Unemployment Payment and certain primary payments such as One Parent Family Payment, Jobseekers Transitional Payment and Carers Allowance can be paid together where the individual has lost full employment due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This means that anyone who was in receipt of Jobseekers Transitional Payment who was also working and loses their employment is eligible for the Pandemic Unemployment Payment as well as the current rate of the primary payment.

I hope that this clarifies the position for you at this time.