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Getting a welfare payment during the COVID-19 pandemic
From Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
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A number of income supports are available from the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection.
The COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment will be paid at two rates from 29th June, based on previous earnings.
For those who earned less than €200 a week , their payment will change to €203 .
For those who earned €200 or more a week , their payment won’t change and they will continue to receive €350 .
You do not need to contact the Department about your earnings. The Department has access to this information from the Revenue Commissioners.
If you feel you should have received the higher rate of payment, you can request a review of earnings by forwarding all supporting documents and these will be matched with Revenue records.
To request this reivew this you can :
email: PUPRerate@welfare.ie
or write to: PUP Rerate Requests, DEASP, Intreo Centre, Cork Road, Waterford
For more information: Changes to the COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment Rates
If you are returning to work and are currently receiving the COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment , you must stop this payment on your first day back at work .
The simplest way to do this is online at MyWelfare.ie.
Getting a welfare payment during the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic
If you have been diagnosed with COVID-19, or are medically certified to self-isolate as a result of COVID-19, you can apply for Illness Benefit for COVID-19 absences which is higher than the standard rate. You can apply for this whether you are an employee or if you are self-employed.
If you are a worker affected by COVID-19 (Coronavirus) there are various payments that you can claim from the department.
As well as this, you do not need to sign on or attend back to work courses for as long as the Coronavirus pandemic lasts. Weekly dockets must still be signed, however.
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- What to do if you are receiving your social welfare payment into the Post Office
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- How to repay COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payments
