Covid-19: Minister confirms review of special unemployment payment

Covid-19: Minister confirms review of special unemployment payment

Construction workers make their way to a site in Dublin city centre as they returned to work last week. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP via Getty Images About 35,600 people who were receiving the Government’s special Covid-19 unemployment payment have started to return to work.

The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection said that of this group, 33,400 people would receive their final weekly unemployment payment of €350 this week.

There can be a time lag between people closing their claim and receiving the final payment. It is understood that the remainder of the group will receive their last pandemic unemployment payment […]

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