COVID Pandemic Unemployment Payment

  • This new payment is available to all employees and the self-employed who have lost employment due to a downturn in economic activity caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. 
  • This will be paid for a period of 6 weeks at a flat rate payment of €203 per week for jobseekers. 
  1.  Fill out the from below and post to FREEPOST PO BOX 12896 Dublin 1.
  2. If you cannot print out this form, you can request a form to be sent out to you in the post. Thiscan be done by emailing forms@welfare.ie and requesting the form.
  3. Remember you also need to apply for Jobseekers within 6 weeks to ensure you continue to receive a payment (if applicable) after the emergency payment has finished.