Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Dail Éireann — 2021-07-01
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Heather Humphreys (FG), Cavan-Monaghan

It is important to say that we keep everything under review. Throughout the pandemic we have had to adapt our approach in line with the public health advice. We have kept the PUP open for applications for an extra week until 8 July. That means that any staff who may have gone back to work in the expectation of indoor hospitality reopening next week will have the opportunity to reapply for the PUP if they need to do that. The Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU, and others have welcomed that we have extended it. As I said at the outset we keep everything under review but the decision, which is a fair one, is to leave this application period open until 8 July.

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Sitting date: 2021-07-01