Written answers
Thursday, 19 November 2020
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the sectorial breakdown of those who have applied for the pandemic unemployment payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37721/20]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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To the end of October, my Department had processed 1.3 million Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) applications in respect of over 800,000 people. Of these, over 766,000 people received at least one PUP.
The sectorial breakdown for everyone who has received at least one PUP is set out in the attached tabular statement. This sectorial breakdown is based on the sector of their last known employer. The sector classification is based on the standard NACE Rev.2 classification used by the Central Statistics Office and Eurostat.
Weekly statistics on the PUP are published by my Department at .
| Sector | % |
|---|---|
| A-B Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing; Mining and Quarrying | 1.4% |
| C Manufacturing | 5.7% |
| D-E Electricity, gas Supply; Water supply, sewerage and waste management | 0.3% |
| F Construction | 10.1% |
| G Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and motorcycles | 14.9% |
| H Transportation and storage | 3.2% |
| I Accommodation and food service activities | 24.1% |
| J Information and communication activities | 2.3% |
| K Financial and Insurance activities | 2.1% |
| L Real Estate Activities | 1.4% |
| M Professional, Scientific, and Technical Activities | 4.3% |
| N Administrative and support service activities | 8.4% |
| O Public Administration and Defense; Compulsory Social Security | 1.9% |
| P Education | 4.2% |
| Q Human Health and Social Work Activities | 3.9% |
| R Arts, Entertainment, and recreation | 2.7% |
| S Other Sectors | 6.5% |
| Unclassified or unknown | 2.5% |
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