More than 2,500 pandemic payments stopped, says Minister

has said that more than 2,500 pandemic unemployment claims have been closed as a result of checks carried out at ports and airports.

Ms Humphreys told the Dáil that social welfare inspectors had been carrying out increased checks at ports and airports since mid-March, and that the inspectors had powers to request PPS numbers. “The PUP is only payable to people who are living in the State and it was never paid to people who travel abroad.”

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald accused the Government of “blatant discrimination” against one section of society for travelling overseas and called for regulations on the issue to be rescinded.

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