Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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499. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment. [23539/20]

Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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501. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the sectoral breakdown of those currently receiving the pandemic unemployment payment. [23541/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 499 and 501 together.

The information requested by the Deputy in respect of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment is detailed in the table below. A total of 219,913 people received a PUP the week ending September 12th 2020. This information is published by my Department on a weekly basis and is available at www.gov.ie/en/publication/f4c60c-covid-19-statistics/.

PUP Recipients week ending 12 September

Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the breakdown of previous incomes in each of the three bands of payment under the pandemic unemployment payment. [23540/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) is currently paid at two rates. As outlined at www.gov.ie/en/publication/0b0fc-covid-19-pandemic-unemployment-payment-rates-from-17-september-2020/, from 17th September 2020 the PUP will be paid at three rates. Previous average weekly earnings based on PRSI data for PUP recipients the week ending 12th September are given below in these rate bands. It should be noted that unknown future inflows and outflows to and from the payment will result in changes to these figures. Officials in my Department will continue to publish recipient breakdowns according to the rate in payment each week at www.gov.ie/en/publication/f4c60c-covid-19-statistics/.