The numbers of people in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment (PUP) this week has fallen by a further 29,174 to 333,993. In total €102m will be paid out to recipients of the PUP.
This is on top of the further 177,969 who were on the Live Register at the end of April, the Department of Social Protection said.
25,824 people closed their PUP claim in the last week because they were returning to work. Of these, the sector with the greatest number of claimants going back to employment were wholesale and retail trade and other sectors, which includes hairdressers and beauty salons.
Accommodation and food service is the sector with the highest number of recipients this week, followed by wholesale and retail trade.