A total of 591,000 people are now receiving the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment, with around 21,000 receiving it for the first time this week.
That is on top of around 205,000 receiving standard "non-Covid" Jobseeker's Benefit of €203 per week, and 337,000 receiving income support through the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme.
In addition, over 49,000 employers have now registered for the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme administered by the Revenue Commissioners.
This week's increase of 7,000 in those receiving the Covid pandemic payment is smaller than in previous weeks. However, it yet again represents record-breaking levels of unemployment and social welfare dependency.