The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has said that part-time workers can avail of the new emergency Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment.
The Department said the income support can be claimed by people aged between 18 and 66, who are resident in Ireland, have become "fully unemployed" as a result of the virus, and are not being paid by their employer.
They must have been in employment or self-employment on or after 6 March – a condition that will allow to factor in people who may have been on shift, short time, or other atypical work patterns prior to the commencement of the benefit entitlement on 13 March.