The figure is for the period March 2020, to April of this year.
The Dept. of Social Protection has paid €336.2 million in Pandemic Unemployment Payments in Kildare.
That's according to the Minister, Heather Humphreys, responding to Kildare North Fianna Fáil TD, James Lawless.
The figure is for the period March, 2020, to April of this year.
In total, 39,368 applications for PUP have been approved in Kildare during that period
This, figure, however, includes the total number of approved applications, including of people who may have signed-off PUP, and signed back on, during changes in restriction levels.
Between April13th and May 11th, almost 2,100 people in Kildare ceased their PUP claims.
As at the latter date, 16,486 people in the county were in receipt of the payment.
|
County |
Total Recipients since introduction |
Estimated expenditure (€m) since introduction |
Recipients W/E 13th April 2021 |
Recipients 11th May 2021 |
Estimated expenditure (€m) w/e 11th May |
|
Carlow |
10,082 |
€79.5 |
4,151 |
3,680 |
€1.1 |
|
Cavan |
14,091 |
€112 |
6,070 |
5,307 |
€1.6 |
|
Clare |
21,034 |
€186.2 |
10,306 |
9,218 |
€2.8 |
|
Cork |
89,483 |
€753.5 |
42,396 |
37,118 |
€11.3 |
|
Donegal |
29,814 |
€259.6 |
14,421 |
12,983 |
€3.9 |
|
Dublin |
255,888 |
€2,413.8 |
134,433 |
122,775 |
€37.7 |
|
Galway |
46,509 |
€412 |
22,779 |
20,567 |
€6.3 |
|
Kerry |
30,676 |
€283.3 |
16,499 |
14,894 |
€4.6 |
|
Kildare |
39,368 |
€336.2 |
18,659 |
16,486 |
€5.1 |
|
Kilkenny |
16,428 |
€138.3 |
7,686 |
6,889 |
€2.1 |
|
Laois |
13,943 |
€114.9 |
6,351 |
5,544 |
€1.7 |
|
Leitrim |
5,402 |
€47.1 |
2,560 |
2,372 |
€0.7 |
|
Limerick |
31,945 |
€268.3 |
14,665 |
13,223 |
€4.0 |
|
Longford |
6,497 |
€51.4 |
2,781 |
2,452 |
€0.7 |
|
Louth |
24,606 |
€209.3 |
11,589 |
10,436 |
€3.2 |
|
Mayo |
22,889 |
€197.8 |
11,382 |
10,151 |
€3.1 |
|
Meath |
37,758 |
€324.6 |
18,041 |
15,769 |
€4.9 |
|
Monaghan |
12,892 |
€98.4 |
5,388 |
4,795 |
€1.5 |
|
Offaly |
13,402 |
€105.9 |
5,800 |
5,023 |
€1.6 |
|
Roscommon |
10,549 |
€87.7 |
4,815 |
4,265 |
€1.3 |
|
Sligo |
10,742 |
€94.4 |
5,192 |
4,674 |
€1.4 |
|
Tipperary |
25,759 |
€208.3 |
11,80 |
9,803 |
€3.0 |
|
Waterford |
19,645 |
€24.2 |
9,221 |
8,206 |
€2.5 |
|
Westmeath |
16,065 |
€165.1 |
7,224 |
6,477 |
€2.0 |
|
Wexford |
29,229 |
€131.7 |
13,218 |
11,238 |
€3.5 |
|
Wicklow |
25,512 |
€235 |
12,728 |
11,035 |
€3.4 |
|
Unknown |
4,318 |
€226.7 |
1,844 |
1,348 |
€0.4 |
|
Total |
864,526 |
€7,565.2 |
421,379 |
376,665 |
€115.4 |

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