Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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536. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent to date on the pandemic unemployment payment; the breakdown of monthly spending on the payment since March 2020; and the number of recipients across each payment rate since March 2020, per month. [11288/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The information sought by the Deputy is in the attached tabular statement. Please note that figures for February 2021 refer to recipients up to February 23rd 2021.

Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of pandemic unemployment payment recipients since March 2020, by month; and the number of pandemic unemployment payment claim closures since March 2020, by month, employment and sector, in tabular form. [11289/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Summary information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below, while the larger tables are provided in the attached document. The recipient and closure numbers set out here refer to the total number of individuals who were in receipt of a PUP or closed their PUP over the course of the calendar month. As such, the monthly totals here are greater than the individual weekly totals reported each week by my Department.

Please note that figures referring to February 2021 refer to recipients and/or closures to February 23rd 2020. Sectoral details are based on the NACE code of the last known employer, while employment / self-employment details are based on details provided by PUP recipients on their application.