Written answers

Tuesday, 6 October 2020

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Photo of Gerald NashGerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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533. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment, by county in tabular form. [28651/20]

Photo of Gerald NashGerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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534. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons between 25 years and under 30 years of age in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment by county in tabular form. [28652/20]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 533 and 534 together

The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below, and refers to people in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment in the week ending 03 October.

County Under 25 years 25 to 29 years
Carlow 428 215
Cavan 588 226
Clare 845 358
Cork 3,898 1,984
Donegal 1,297 555
Dublin 18,104 13,512
Galway 2,126 1,123
Kerry 1,189 493
Kildare 2,353 1,009
Kilkenny 622 243
Laois 554 246
Leitrim 244 80
Limerick 1,693 1,013
Longford 271 101
Louth 1,295 565
Mayo 982 335
Meath 1,792 732
Monaghan 517 248
Offaly 616 282
Roscommon 401 152
Sligo 478 210
Tipperary 1,214 494
Waterford 878 404
Westmeath 742 320
Wexford 961 460
Wicklow 1,203 583
Other 170 109
Total 45,461 26,052

Photo of Gerald NashGerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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535. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons on the €203, €250 and €300 rates of payment per week of the pandemic unemployment payment in tabular form. [28653/20]

Photo of Gerald NashGerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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536. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age on the €203, €250 and €300 rates of payment per week of the pandemic unemployment payment in tabular form. [28654/20]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 535 and 536 together.

The requested information is presented in the table below and refers to the number of people in general, and those aged under 25, that are in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment for the week ending 3rd October 2020.

Weekly rate Number of people Number of people aged under 25
€203 48,794 14,314
€250 38,893 11,766
€300 129,455 19,381

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