Numbers getting Covid-19 payments fall by more than 30,000 in a week

Most of those returning to work are under the age of 25. File picture: Denis Minihane.

The Department of Social Protection has announced that 30,100 fewer people are getting the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) this week.

The department paid out €72.2m to 232,400 people, a fall from the 262,500 people paid last week and a 61% drop on the 598,000 paid at its peak on May 5.