15% increase in number of people receiving PUP 

Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys. Picture: Julien Behal Photography/PA Wire

There has been a 15% increase in the number of people receiving the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) this week.

Some 459,921 people are set to receive the payment this week, an increase of 61,715 on the number of people who were paid last week.