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

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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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