More than 1.36m people have received Covid-19 income support – CSO

Public health measures introduced in March 2020 to control the spread of the virus saw the Covid-19 adjusted rate of unemployment peak at 31.5% in April 2020, before falling back to just under 16% in September 2020. File Picture: PA

More than 1.36 million people had received one or more of the Government’s Covid-19 income supports by June this year, new data shows.

The number of people left without work peaked in April last year, when Ireland hit an unemployment rate of 31.5% when the Government brought in widespread restrictions.