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Christmas bonus for Pandemic Unemployment Payment recipients

There has been a welcome for the announcement of a 100% Christmas Bonus to recipients of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment. Donegal Cathaoirleach Rena Donaghey said: “A Christmas Bonus of 100% will be paid on an exceptional basis this year to ...

22 Nov 2020 at 12:00

Local News

Donegal pandemic unemployment payments increased by over 3,200 since levels 3&4 introduced here

While Donegal faces even more challenges as a result of new Level 5 Covid-19 restrictions which came into force at midnight, numbers receiving the weekly Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) have already increased here by over 3,200 since the ...

22 Oct 2020 at 14:00

Covid-19

Donegal people applying for the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) urged to apply online

The Government yesterday, Wednesday, reintroduced Level 5 restrictions of the Plan for Living with Covid across the country. These restrictions come into effect at midnight last night, December 30 and will remain in place until January 31. ...

31 Dec 2020 at 10:15

Covid-19

Donegal TD slams Government over taxing pandemic payments

Donegal TD and Sinn Féin spokesperson on Finance, Pearse Doherty, has called on the Minister for Finance to clarify why he plans to retrospectively tax hundreds of thousands of Pandemic Unemployment Payment recipients, despite it being ...

24 Oct 2020 at 14:00

Covid-19

Donegal and Dublin Level 3 restrictions reinforce the need to reverse PUP cuts

Sinn Féin's spokesperson on Enterprise, Trade, Employment and Workers’ Rights Louise O’Reilly TD has said that the introduction of Level 3 Covid-19 restrictions in Donegal and Dublin reinforce the need to restore the Pandemic ...

26 Sept 2020 at 14:45

Local News

Donegal pandemic unemployment payment (PUP) figures have been reduced by over 400 in the past week

The number of people in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment in the county has been reduced by a further 405 over the past week. The Donegal figure now stands at 14,429 from the previous week's figure of 14,834 and ...

14 Apr 2021 at 13:13

Local News

Donegal PUP recipients down over 11,000 on February high

In a sign of the continuing change in the economic situation in Donegal, the number of people in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment (PUP) now stands at 4,540. This is 11,881 down on the February 2021 high, when ...

18 Aug 2021 at 11:02

Local News

Additional flexibility for self-employed workers in Donegal on the Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Self-employed Donegal people in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) who are looking to restart their business can now earn up to €960 over an eight week period, while retaining their full PUP entitlement, ...

10 Dec 2020 at 14:00

Local News

Warning of tax issues related to PUP payments - South Donegal TD Marian Harkin

A change in July to the Social Welfare COVID-19 Amendment Bill could leave recipients of PUP payments liable to substantial tax bills at a time of significant challenge to their incomes. This warning was issued in the ...

12 Nov 2020 at 18:30

Local News

Donegal PUP recipients now 86% lower than 2020 high

The number of Donegal people who are still in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment (PUP) is now just 14% of what it was at its height of the pandemic in May of 2020, a reduction of 86%. And the figure is also ...

16 Sept 2021 at 11:23

Local News

Minimum payment of €350 for workers must be introduced for the Wage Subsidy Scheme - Pearse Doherty TD

Sinn Féin spokesperson on Finance Pearse Doherty TD has called for reform of the Wage Subsidy Scheme to ensure that workers receive a minimum payment of at least €350 per week. Under current arrangements, many ...

08 Apr 2020 at 08:00

Local News

Donegal Pandemic Unemployment payment recipients dips under 10,000 mark

The number of people throughout the country in receipt of the PUP is now at its lowest since December 2020. And here in Donegal over the past week, the number of people in receipt of the pandemic unemployment ...

09 Jun 2021 at 10:35

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