Update: COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
July 19, 2021
If you were an employee or self-employed and lost your job due to the coronavirus pandemic, between 13 March 2020 and 7 July 2021, the COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) was open to you.
From 8 July, you can no longer apply for the PUP.
However, if you became redundant before 8 July and were getting Maternity Benefit, you could apply for the PUP once the benefit claim closes.
If you were due the PUP on 8 July and are still eligible, your payment will continue. The eligibility is as follows:
- You are between 18 and 66 years old,
- You currently live in the Republic of Ireland,
- You lost your job or were temporarily laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic or were self-employed, and your trading income ceased or reduced to €960 over a rolling eight week period.
You could also qualify if:
- You worked in the Republic of Ireland or were a cross border frontier worker,
- You are a non-EU/EEA worker who has lost employment due to the COVID-19,
- You are a student (or a non-EU/EEA student) who has lost a job due to the COVID-19 pandemic (up to 7 September 2021 only),
- You are living in Direct Provision and have lost employment due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
If the following applies, you will not qualify:
- You voluntarily left your employment or self-employment
- You lost your role on or after 8 July 2021
For information or advice on this financial support, please contact our experts today.