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Sample of PUP claims found almost 10% not eligible for scheme
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The Comptroller and Auditor General has found there were not enough checks carried out when people applied for the Pandemic Unemployment Payment last year.
In a sample of cases reviewed, it found almost 10% (9.4%) of claimants were not eligible for the income support scheme. The cost of the PUP scheme amounted to a total of almost €5 billion last year.
The report on the accounts of the Public Services for 2020, found that in just under half the cases, the claimant continued working while claiming PUP.
In one quarter of those cases sampled, there was no evidence the claimant had been working prior to the pandemic which was one of the criteria for eligibility.
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