Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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462. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the number of employees availing of the short-term working week will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39653/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The systematic short-time working scheme is a form of Jobseeker's Benefit, and is payable to people who have been temporarily placed on a shorter working week by their employer. The benefit is paid in respect of the days of employment lost.

The number of workers availing of the systematic short-time working scheme are published in the Annual Statistical Report of the Department at the following link .

The following tables provide information on recipients of the scheme between 2010 to 2019 and for each month in 2020.

Systematic Short Time Workers