Pandemic Unemployment Payment Cuts
THE FIRST CUTS to the #Pandemic #Unemployment Payment will take effect from today.
The top two rates of the #Pandemic #Unemployment Payment (PUP) will be cut by €50 from today after being closed to #newentrants in #july2021 in line with the Governments place to phase out the scheme altogether from February 2020. PUP receipients will notice the changes to their #payments from 14 September.
Todays reductions mean anoyone receiving the €350 per week payment will see their payment reduced to €300 per week.
First cuts to Pandemic Unemployment Payment rates take effect from today
Anyone receiving the payment at the €300 per week rate will now receive €250.
Meanwhile, anyone receiving the payment at the €250 per week rate will now receive €203 per week, the standard jobseeker’s rate.
Once a recipient’s payment reaches €203, they will be eventually be moved to the jobseeker’s payment at the end of the month, a move that has been criticised by the arts and entertainment sector, in particular.