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Topics / Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

5 questions from 5 TDs, between 10 April 2025 and 16 June 2026.

5
questions
5 written, 0 oral
5
TDs have asked
3
parties and groups
Independents counted together
1
departments asked

Questions per month

The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.

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Who asks, by party

The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.

  • Fianna Fáil1 from 1 TD · 48 seats today
  • Sinn Féin3 from 3 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. Aengus Ó Snodaigh
    1
  2. Aidan Farrelly
    1
  3. Máire Devine
    1
  4. Michael Cahill
    1
  5. Thomas Gould
    1

Asked of

The questions

Michael Cahill Written 16 Jun 2026 · to Social
615. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to urgently examine an alleged Covid-19 overpayment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45037/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Social
1194. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that his officials have determined to date that must return pandemic unemployment payments (PUP); the totality of PUP that had been paid to persons; the total amount his Department is seeking to recover; the amount recovered to date; the number of enforcement actions his Department has engaged in to recover PUP from persons sin…
Thomas Gould Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Social
367. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of first-time pandemic unemployment payment overpayment letters that were issued in Q3 and Q4 2025; the reason these were issued now; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67489/25]
Máire Devine Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Social
1372. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department could examine a PUP enforcement case (details supplied). [18506/25]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 10 Apr 2025 · to Social
290. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of the pandemic unemployment payment who were retrospectively deemed ineligible for the amount they received and asked to repay overpayments; the delay between each such recipient receiving their last payment and being informed that they were subsequently being deemed ineligible; the reason for this delay; the process by w…