Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if advice can be provided for a PAYE employee who incorrectly applied for the temporary wage subsidy scheme (details supplied). [44829/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, responsibility for the operation of the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme and for the eligibility criteria associated with the scheme lies with the Revenue Commissioners and with the Department of Finance.

In so far as the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) scheme is concerned, the statutory conditions governing the scheme provide that an employee must have fully lost their employment due to the effects of Covid-19 and not be in receipt of any remuneration from their employer in order to qualify for payment. 

Claims for PUP should be made on the first day that a person becomes unemployed as a delay in claiming may result in a loss of payment. A late claim may be allowed where the employee concerned can show good cause for any delay in making their claim and that they satisfied the qualifying criteria for the payment throughout the period in question.

I hope that this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.