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Updated / Friday, 8 Jan 2021
12:22
Many workers stopped receiving the Pandemic Unemployment Payment in early December, but would have reapplied at the end of the month due to the reintroduction of Covid restrictions
The number of people receiving unemployment payments fell by 25,230 (4.5%) in December when compared to the previous month, according to the Central Statistics Office.
By the end of last month there were almost 529,300 people either on the Live Register or claiming the Pandemic Unemployment Payment. That compares to 554,529 in November.
There were almost 194,000 people on the Live Register on a seasonally-adjusted basis last month, down 9,400 (4.6%) compared to November.
Meanwhile there were just below 335,600 Pandemic Unemployment Claimants, a fall of 15,825 (4.5%) on the previous month.