1,600 People Remain On PUP In Clare

More than 1,600 people are still receiving the Pandemic Unemployment Payment in Clare as of this week.

New figures from the Department of Social Protection show 1,608 people in this county were in receipt of the government support this past Tuesday,

That’s a fall of nearly 200 on the week prior, with more than 11,700 people having availed of the PUP in this county at its peak back in February of 2021.

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More than 21,000 people across the Banner have received the PUP at some stage throughout the pandemic.