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PUP airport checks 'not right' - Fianna Fáil TD

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Limerick Fianna Fáil TD Willie O'Dea has said that the Government is "singling out" a cohort of people by stopping their Pandemic Unemployment Payment as a result of checks carried out at airports.

Yesterday, the Department of Social Protection confirmed that 104 cases of Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) have been stopped as a result of checks carried out at airports.

The PUP, which is worth up to €350, is paid to those who are actively seeking work. The Department said going on holidays or quarantining having returned home makes claimants ineligible for the payment.

Speaking to RTÉ's Today with Sarah McInerney, Mr O'Dea said it "was not right and proper that one category of people who don't take the government's advice should be

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