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HOW TO QUALIFY? YOU DO NOT QUALIFY IF YOU Prior to the COVID-19 out-
 Be aged between 18 and 66  Are continuing to get income break I earned less than
 Live in the Republic of Ireland from your employment or €350 per week. If I apply
 Have been in employment or self-  Voluntarily left your for the COVID-19 Pandemic
employment immediately before employment Unemployment Payment,
Friday 13 March 2020. If you work it means my weekly
WHAT HAPPEN IF YOU LOST YOUR JOB
shifts, short time or other atypical income will increase. How
OR STILL OUT OF WORK AFTER 12
work patterns you must have been in does this work and will the
WEEKS?
employment on or after 6 March increase have to be repaid
If you are unemployed you will still
2020. when the crisis is over?
 Have lost your job or be temporarily need to apply for and be assessed for
jobseeker's payments.
laid off from work or asked to stay at Many people, who earned less
home from work due to the COVID- than €350 per week, will
I have not lost my job, but I think I am temporarily see their weekly
19 public health emergency
at risk of being infected at work income increase as a result of
 Be self-employed and your trading
The DEASP have confirmed that in receiving the COVID-19 Pandemic
income has ceased due to the COVID-
order to be eligible for COVID-19 Unemployment Payment.
19 public health emergency. You do
Pandemic Unemployment Payment, a For those who earned more
not need to de-register as self- before the crisis, their income
person must be laid off by their em-
employed to get a payment. will decrease. when the crisis has
ployer. People who are not laid off but
passed, the department may
give up work, albeit for genuine rea-
INCOME TAX AND COVID19 PAYMENT reassess people’s means during
sons, are not eligible. People who have
Revenue has indicated that it will treat the this period which could result in a
been medically directed to self-isolate
COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment reduction or increase in their
may be entitled to an enhanced Illness underlying social welfare
as taxable income. Depending on a person’s
Benefit of €350. payment, if one is received.
overall income during a year, the COVID-19

Pandemic Unemployment Payment may
affect a person’s overall tax liability for the
I AM A FULL TIME STUDENT AND LOST
year.
MY PART TIME JOB DUE TO THE
I haven’t lost my job, but my
PANDEMIC
hours have been reduced due to
You may qualify for COVD19 payment if
COVID-19. What should I do?
you are over 18 years of age.

If your working hours are
reduced to 3 days or less per
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week and you had previously
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been working fulltime, you
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should apply for Short Time
Work Support to compensate
for your lost hours of work.