There's been a sharp drop in payments issued since May.
There's been an 83% decrease in the number of people in Kildare in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment.
In May, the Dept. of Social Protection says, 26,900 people in the county were issued with the payment.
By this week, that had fallen to 4,587.
However, the order of reduction of claimants in Kildare is among the lowest of any county in Ireland.
All but two counties have seen reductions of 84% and higher
The scheme closed for new applications on 7 July.
| County | May 2020 | This week | % decrease |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 7,134 | 891 | 88% |
| Cavan | 10,014 | 1,336 | 87% |
| Clare | 14,979 | 2,319 | 85% |
| Cork | 62,858 | 8,834 | 86% |
| Donegal | 22,726 | 2,951 | 87% |
| Dublin | 174,939 | 38,513 | 78% |
| Galway | 33,338 | 5,178 | 84% |
| Kerry | 22,352 | 3,250 | 85% |
| Kildare | 26,900 | 4,587 | 83% |
| Kilkenny | 11,573 | 1,562 | 87% |
| Laois | 9,794 | 1,424 | 85% |
| Leitrim | 4,067 | 556 | 86% |
| Limerick | 22,075 | 3,375 | 85% |
| Longford | 4,434 | 690 | 84% |
| Louth | 17,114 | 3,088 | 82% |
| Mayo | 16,499 | 2,165 | 87% |
| Meath | 26,830 | 4,809 | 82% |
| Monaghan | 8,342 | 1,248 | 85% |
| Offaly | 9,124 | 1,233 | 86% |
| Roscommon | 7,646 | 984 | 87% |
| Sligo | 7,786 | 1,056 | 86% |
| Tipperary | 18,627 | 2,288 | 88% |
| Waterford | 13,764 | 1,895 | 86% |
| Westmeath | 11,414 | 1,591 | 86% |
| Wexford | 20,620 | 2,494 | 88% |
| Wicklow | 18,629 | 2,978 | 84% |
| Unknown | 2,095 | 175 | 92% |
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