The Department of Social Protection has confirmed that 104 cases of Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) have been stopped as a result of checks carried out at airports.
The Department said 44 other social welfare payments - including jobseekers' payments and means assessed payments - have also been closed down since 7 July.
In a statement, the Department of Social Protection said the advice from Government remains that ''it is safer to stay at home this summer'.' The €350 PUP is paid to those who are actively seeking work. ''It is not paid to people who go on holidays abroad or when they are going through their 14 day quarantine period,'' according to the Department.