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Thursday, 19 November 2020

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Photo of Niamh SmythNiamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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245. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total value of pandemic unemployment payments made to persons in counties Cavan and Monaghan since June 2020; and the number of recipients in Cavan and Monaghan at the end of October 2020. [37540/20]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The approximate value of Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) payments issued to customers in counties Cavan and Monaghan, from 01 June to 17 Novembers inclusive, is  €66 million euro. €34.8 million has been paid to customers in county Cavan, and €31.2 million has been paid to customers in county Monaghan.

The table below sets out these values with the recipient numbers in these counties at the end of October and to date.

Table: PUP paid to those in Cavan and Monaghan, 01 June to date

Total paid (€m) Recipients 27th October Recipients 17th November 
Cavan 35 4,135  4,719 
Monaghan 31 3,577  4,164 
Total 66 7,712  8,883 

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