Adjusted from 20 March 2020: The Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) will increase to €350 a week for anyone who was earning more than €400 before they lost their job due to Covid-19 restrictions.

The Government has decided to overhaul the welfare benefit to coincide with new restrictions being announced to stop the spread the virus.
At present, anyone earning less than €200 before the Covid-19 pandemic are paid €203 a week, those who earned between €200 and €300 gets €250 a week and those paid more than €300 gets €300.