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Thursday, 25 November 2021

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Social Welfare Benefits

Photo of Jackie CahillJackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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39. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons applying for jobseeker’s benefit, jobseeker’s benefit for the self-employed or jobseeker’s allowance from 8 July 2021 to date who had previously been in receipt of a pandemic unemployment payment, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58014/21]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Data on the number of persons who received at least one Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) in 2021, and who have applied for a Jobseeker's Allowance or Jobseeker's Benefit claim on or after July 8th 2021 is set out in the following table.

Note that Jobseeker's Benefit figures are inclusive of applications for Jobseeker's Benefit for the Self Employed.

Jobseeker's Allowance and Jobseeker's Benefit Applicants Previously in receipt of the PUP

- Jobseeker's Allowance Jobseeker's Benefit
Carlow 39 81
Cavan 64 99
Clare 119 278
Cork 428 790
Donegal 188 273
Dublin 1,135 2,126
Galway 212 419
Kerry 201 452
Kildare 172 356
Kilkenny 75 151
Laois 77 133
Leitrim 28 54
Limerick 167 329
Longford 40 48
Louth 150 237
Mayo 130 216
Meath 173 365
Monaghan 58 103
Offaly 62 115
Roscommon 42 95
Sligo 56 111
Tipperary 102 217
Waterford 127 242
Westmeath 106 152
Wexford 173 234
Wicklow 117 270
Unknown 19 35
Total 4,260 7,981

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