Recipients of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) will see the amount they receive reduced further from today. The move is part of the ongoing process of gradually winding down the payment.
Those currently receiving €300 a week will see their payment fall to €250, while those on the €250 rate will see it drop to €203, the current maximum rate of job seekers' benefit and allowance.
Those whose payment reaches the €203 rate are then transitioned over to the main jobs seekers payments. According to the most recent figures issued by the Department of Social Protection two weeks ago, there were around 78,000 people still in receipt of the PUP.