If you need to apply for the Covid Pandemic Unemployment Payment but don’t have access to a Printer you can pick up a Form at the Slieveardagh Centre, Killenaule.

More Information about the payment can be found at the website linked below.

https://www.gov.ie/en/service/be74d3-covid-19-pandemic-unemployment-payment/

What the COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment is
This payment is available to all employees and the self-employed who have lost their employment due to a downturn in economic activity caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The payment has a simple one-page application form and will be paid for a period of 6 weeks at a flat rate payment of €203 per week for jobseekers. It is designed to quickly deliver a social welfare payment to the unemployed and provide income security during the pandemic.

Individuals applying for the payment will be required to apply for the normal Jobseeker’s Payments within this 6-week period. Once this normal jobseeker claim is subsequently received, the department will process these claims and make payments at that time. This will involve backdating increased payments for certain customers.

If you have been temporarily placed on a shorter working week, you may qualify for Short Time Work Support.

How to qualify
Both employees and self-employed people can apply for the new COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment.

You can apply for the payment if you are aged between 18 and 66 years and

you have lost employment due to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic
or

you are a non EU/EEA worker over 18 who has lost employment due to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic
or

you are a student over 18 who has lost employment due to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic
or

you are a non-EU/EEA student over 18 who has lost employment due to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic
or

you are a part time worker over 18, earn less than € 203 per week and have lost employment due to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic