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Social welfare: Government explains why 90,000 people received extra PUP cash this week
Dublin was the county with the highest number of people who are receiving PUP this week
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Some 30,000 people who are no longer on the PUP have been paid arrears this week.
Social welfare Ireland update as over 90k PUP recipients get surprise payment
Dublin is the county with the highest number of people who are receiving PUP this week at 135,295
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PUP recipients have seen a boost to their payments this week as the Department of Social Welfare issued arrears.
Pandemic Unemployment Payments have been made to almost 421,000 people this week, down almost 600 on last week.
There s been a slight fall in the number of people receiving the payment in Donegal, but a significant increase in the number of people in the county closing their accounts.
Nationally, more than 90,000 people have received an arrears payment which amounts to over 49 million euro.
14,384 people in Donegal are receiving the Pandemic Unemployment Payment today, 45 fewer than last week.
However, there s been a significant increase in the number of people closing their PUP accounts, with 629 doing so this week, compared to 194 last week, That s an increase of 224%, slightly higher than the national increase of 200%.
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