Updated / Friday, 18 Dec 2020
11:35
The month with highest uptake of employment-related support was April, the CSO said today
New Central Statistics Office figures show that almost six in ten enterprises in Ireland availed of the State s Covid-19 employment-related support schemes in the months from March to September.
Today s CSO figures show that 54.1% of enterprises put their employees on the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) during this period - this figure also included self-employed people.
Meanwhile, 21.4% of enterprises also received a subsidy from Revenue s Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) or Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) at some point between March and September.
The month with highest uptake of employment-related support was April when 57% of enterprises had staff in receipt of TWSS or PUP.