Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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626. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of unique recipients of the pandemic unemployment payment by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14646/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Information on recipients of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP), including the PUP by county, is published each week by my Department at gov.ie/dsp/statistics and through the national data portal at data.gov.ie. Additionally, my Department published an extensive analysis of the PUP in 2020 as part of the 2020 Report on Statistical Information and Social Welfare Services, including PUP recipients by county, which will be repeated in respect of 2021. Data on PUP recipients based on the latest known county is set out in the table below.

A total of 879,671 people received at least one PUP since the inception of the scheme, and the county breakdown (along with the number currently in receipt of payment) is provided in the attached tabular statement.