The number of people receiving the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment has fallen by nearly 10,000 to 209,941 over the last week. It said 7,457 people would be receiving their final payment under the scheme on Tuesday. This is followed by 1,566 in the 25-34 age category and 1,537 aged 45-54.”Three ratesPayment rates for the pandemic unemployment scheme are to change from next week. From September 17th, the pandemic unemployment payment will move from two rates of payment to three rates of payment. “If they earned between €200 and €300 (gross) per week, the rate of the pandemic unemployment payment will now be €250 per week; and if they earned less than €200 (gross) per week, the rate of the pandemic unemployment payment will be €203 per week (no change to this rate).”

Source: The Irish Times September 14, 2020 19:10 UTC