Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of appeals by county that were upheld regarding the payment level of the pandemic unemployment payment in tabular form. [42460/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements.

I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that 256 appeals in relation to the pandemic unemployment payment have been registered to date. The first such appeal was registered on 5 October 2020.  254 of these registered appeals are with the Department for the Deciding Officer submission which is required as part of the appeal process. The remaining two appeals have been closed (one was withdrawn and one was cancelled as it had been registered in error). Therefore, no appeal decisions have been made to date in respect of the pandemic unemployment payment. 

I trust that this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.