The Department of Social Protection has unveiled special arrangements for people who lose their jobs between now and the New Year to claim the Pandemic Unemployment Payment.
Anyone who applies for PUP online via www.MyWelfare.ie anytime up to Christmas Eve will receive that payment within a week of their application.
A person who makes a new application for PUP in the period from December 18 up to and including close of business today - December 22 - will receive their payment on 24 December.
Those making a new PUP application by close of business tomorrow - Wednesday December 23 - will receive payment on Wednesday 30 December.