Almost 600 Kerry people closed their Pandemic Unemployment Payment this week.
That's according to the latest data from the Department of Social Protection
This week (up to April 20th), 16,402 people in Kerry are getting the Pandemic Unemployment Payment as they have lost their job due to the pandemic.
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That's a decrease of 100 people compared to the previous week.
591 people in Kerry informed the department they were closing their PUP payment this week and returning to work; that's up from 206 the previous week.
The number of Kerry people on the Enhanced Illness Benefit due to having COVID-19 or self-isolating continues to rise.
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This week, 9 more people got the payment bringing the total number of recipients of the payment to 3,316 in Kerry.
