85% Decrease In The Number Of Kildare People Claiming PUP.

Friday, 8 October 2021 14:10

By Ciara Plunkett @plunkettciara

There's been a sharp drop in payments issued since May.

There's been an 83% decrease in the number of people in Kildare in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment.

In May, the Dept. of Social Protection says, 26,900 people in the county were issued with the payment.

By this week, that had fallen to 4,587.

However, the order of reduction of claimants in Kildare is among the lowest of any county in Ireland.

All but two counties have seen reductions of 84% and higher

The scheme closed for new applications on 7 July.

County	May 2020	This week	% decrease
Carlow	7,134	891	88%
Cavan	10,014	1,336	87%
Clare	14,979	2,319	85%
Cork	62,858	8,834	86%
Donegal	22,726	2,951	87%
Dublin	174,939	38,513	78%
Galway	33,338	5,178	84%
Kerry	22,352	3,250	85%
Kildare	26,900	4,587	83%
Kilkenny	11,573	1,562	87%
Laois	9,794	1,424	85%
Leitrim	4,067	556	86%
Limerick	22,075	3,375	85%
Longford	4,434	690	84%
Louth	17,114	3,088	82%
Mayo	16,499	2,165	87%
Meath	26,830	4,809	82%
Monaghan	8,342	1,248	85%
Offaly	9,124	1,233	86%
Roscommon	7,646	984	87%
Sligo	7,786	1,056	86%
Tipperary	18,627	2,288	88%
Waterford	13,764	1,895	86%
Westmeath	11,414	1,591	86%
Wexford	20,620	2,494	88%
Wicklow	18,629	2,978	84%
Unknown	2,095	175	92%

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