Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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871. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of a €300 pandemic universal payment but that will now be moved to a higher rate of €350 due to prior earnings greater than €400. [32789/20]

Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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872. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of a €300 pandemic universal payment but will not be moved to a higher rate of €350 due to prior earnings greater than €300 to €400. [32790/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 871 and 872 together.

In the week ending 1st November 2020, some 174,049 people received a Pandemic Unemployment Payment of €300 or more.

Of these, 122,193 people had earnings of over €400 per week, and received a payment of €350, while 51,856 people had earnings between €300 and €399 per week, and continued to receive a payment of €300.

The breakdown of the recipients of the pandemic unemployment payment by payment rate are published on my Departments website every week.

Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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873. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of the pandemic unemployment payment scheme from 3 November 2020 until 31 December 2020 and additionally the first quarter cost for 2021. [32791/20]

Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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875. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the weekly estimated numbers in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment from now until 31 December 2020. [32793/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 873 and 875 together.

Expenditure of €3,994 million was incurred on the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) up to week ending Friday, 6th November 2020.

Further expenditure of circa €1.1 billion could be incurred between now and end of year. Level 5 restrictions have given rise to an increase in the weekly numbers receiving PUP. A total of 329,991 will receive a PUP payment this week, at a cost of €95.5 million, up from 295,860 recipients last week at a cost of €85.7 million. The precise amount will be dependent on the impact of Level 5 restrictions continues to have on numbers of people receiving PUP.

The 2021 Budget estimate published on Budget Day provided for €697.1 million in 2021.

Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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874. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the breakdown of PUP recipients across each of the current payment rates disaggregated by previous earnings in increments of €50. [32792/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is provided for recipients of the pandemic unemployment payment (week ending 1st November 2020) in the tabular statement below.