People claiming Pandemic Unemployment Payment must confirm they remain eligible

Those in receipt of the PUP must confirm they are still entitled to the payment by Monday, July 13.

If this has not been done by the deadline then payment may be affected.

Those who remain eligible will continue to receive payment as normal once they have submitted their confirmation form.

Anyone who is no longer eligible will see their payment stopped and they will be contacted by the Department.

The PUP is available to employees and the self-employed who are aged between 18 and 66, currently living in the country and have lost their job either permanently or temporarily due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The payment also applies if you are:

• self-employed and your trading income has ceased due to Covid-19 
• a non EU/EEA worker who has lost employment due to the Covid-19 pandemic 
• a student (or a non-EU/EEA student) who has lost employment due to the COVID-19 pandemic
• a part-time worker 

Are you receiving a #Covid19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment?

If so, please confirm your eligibility by Mon 13 July to continue receiving your payment. The simplest way to do this is at https://t.co/2qT7sKO6yg

If you have any queries, contact us at 1890-800-024, Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm pic.twitter.com/bPDdCojwpX

— Department of Social Protection (@welfare_ie) July 2, 2020

To confirm eligibility, people are advised to log on to mywelfare.ie and fill in the necessary form as directed.

From July 7, PUP recipients may see their rate of payment change as it is linked to their previous earnings.

Those who had been earning €200 or more per week will continue to get the €350 payment each week.

Any persons who were being paid €199.99 or less will see their weekly payment reduced to €203 per week.

Yesterday, senior government official Liz Canavan said that approximately 20,100 people closed their PUP claim as they had returned to work.

Since the country began to reopen, around 145,000 people have returned to work and stopped claiming their PUP.