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All You Need To Know About The New Pandemic Unemployment Payment Bands

17 September 2020 - 9 mins
Podcast Series The Last Word with Matt Cooper

Thousands of people receiving the Pandemic Unemployment Payment will see their entitlement fall by up to €100 a week from today.

The top rate for those laid off due to COVID-19 was previously €350 a week, which applied to those who had been earning more than €200 a week before the pandemic.

However, the top rate will now fall to €300 for people who were previously earning over €300 a week, and there will also be a new rate of €250 for those whose pre-COVID earnings were between €200 and €300 a week.

The lower rate of €203 for those earning less than €200 remains the same.

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, Fine Gael TD for Dun Laoghaire, and Bríd Smith, People Before Profit TD for Dublin South-C...

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