Almost 480,000 people will receive the Pandemic Unemployment Payment today.
Over €144 million will be paid out.
The sector with the highest number of recipients is accommodation and food - followed by wholesale, retail and construction.
Dublin is the county with the highest number of people receiving the PUP this week.
Carlow and Waterford are among 6 counties with fewer numbers of people receiving PUP this week compared to last week.
The past seven days saw people from every county close their PUP claims to return to work.
Overall, some 10,606 people closed their PUP claim, with 7,330 of these stating that they were doing so because they are returning to work.
Dublin had the greatest number of people closing their claims to return to work, followed by Cork and Kildare.
Since the beginning of January this year, some 23,127 people have closed their PUP claim to return to work.
