Arrears of Pandemic Unemployment Payment are Expected To Be Paid to Majority of Claimants in early December. Since the start of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment in March, no one has been paid any arrears. If a claim was delayed in getting paid – then no backdating was included with the first payment for anyone.But – […]
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PUP Rates Changed Again from October 16th From October 16th – a new PUP rate of €350 a week was re-introduced. This will be paid to anyone who was previously earning more than €400 a week. Back on Sept 17th the €350 PUP flat weekly rate was reduced to €300 . This amount was due […]
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At the start of this Covid crisis – all social welfare and state pension payments were changed from weekly to fortnightly to try and reduce visits to Post Offices. You can read more about that here. In May – some payments that were only paid to banks were changed back to fortnightly.In August several more […]
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The Dept. of Employment and Social Protection changed all weekly payments of social welfare payments to fortnightly in March 2020 . The main reason for the change to Fortnightly Welfare and Pension payments was to reduce visits to Post Offices and reduce infection risks. But the changes to fortnightly payments also affected payments made to […]
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Welfare has issued a statement asking people to confirm eligibility by 13 July. Social Welfare are asking everyone who is currently in receipt of the COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment to confirm their continued entitlement to this payment. Your payment may be stopped if you don’t confirm your entitlement. To continue receiving this payment you must […]
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