PUP recipients can work over Christmas

People out shopping on Winthrop Street, Cork. Picture Dan Linehan

People returning to work this week will be able to reapply for the PUP payment in January if restrictions are put in place again, a government spokeswoman has clarified.

Figures for those returning to work will be available later today, Elizabeth Canavan, from the Department of the Taoiseach, said but she expects this to be in the thousands as the hospitality sector opens up again.