PUP Payment and xmas bonus

Sienna5050 wrote: »

MY pup payment hits my ulster bank account on Monday night ,i got 2 payments seperatly of my usual amount ,is this the xmas bonus as i thought it was not due till next week .anyone else get this ,i checked My Welfare but its not updated from 2 weeks ago .

Most likely you got it early.

In any case you would notify the department if you got a further double payment wouldn't you?

Don't pay arrears do they???

Sienna5050 wrote: »

MY pup payment hits my ulster bank account on Monday night ,i got 2 payments seperatly of my usual amount ,is this the xmas bonus as i thought it was not due till next week .anyone else get this ,i checked My Welfare but its not updated from 2 weeks ago .

It's not your bonus, it arrears you may have been owed, Bonus next week

Seamai wrote: »

Bonus payment is next week (Dec 8th). I got my 2 weeks arrears this morning but it's not the full amount, it's an odd figure. Anyone else got less than they were expecting?

Yes 4 weeks owed at 350, received 552. Showing on my welfare as arrears due from 13th-26th March. Received my first payment on April 14th so not sure what way it's been worked out

There's a number of threads on this, hopefully they can be merged.

So from what I'm seeing, not everyone is receiving arrears owed and some seeing part payment. It would seem they are staggering payments which is causing some confusion. Also just so people are aware, some people who were on TWSS may have arrears payment delayed, this is due to additional complexities around processing arrears for those who were on PUP, then TWSS and possibly on PUP again.

I'd advise anyone receiving arrears payments to take note of it for future reference if they have to query anything outstanding. I suspect its chaotic on helplines today so let the dust settle as it were.

As an aside, Im not sure if there's another developing issue, namely rate people are receiving for arrears, for example if you were on €350 at the time of arrears but payment was reduced since, what rate are you paid on arrears. Just something that people might need to query.

Also, Christmas Bonus is next week so not to be confused with any additional payments today.

I received a €203 payment this morning but haven't been on PUP since August when I went back to work. I did think I'd get one last PUP payment at the time but got an email saying that my empl6was putting me on TWSS and I couldn't be on both, so didn't get that payment. I assumed the payment was a mistaken Christmas bonus, but maybe not.

Almost everyone I know got their arrears today. Im owed for four weeks and nothing. Can bet they'll dodge this for me.

Steviesol wrote: »

I lost my job in hospitality sector first lockdown 13th march.

Because it was part time, I never applied for pup until end of June as I wasnt aware I was entitled to it. I began to get the 350 euro a week then until it was cut to 203..no problem.

Today I got arrears for 1 week 13th march until 18th march.. The amount 203 plus 203 weekly payment.. I requested arrears statement and it says they've checked everything and I'm only entitled to 1 week arrears. Even though there is still all of April and May I got no payment for.

Will this be sorted or do I need to query..?

Thanks

Hi, firstly I'm quite surprised they've dated arrears for dates you were not even on PUP, this makes little sense to be honest.

More concerning is the fact I can not see them paying for any arrears for a period you were not on pup or claiming. I appreciate you were not aware of entitlement but SW historically only assess any possible arrears from the date of application. They've always advised immediate applications for any scheme they run.

My sense is the arrears date they've mentioned should have been for your first few days whilst application was being processed.

Another possible query is the amount of arrears you were paid, this is just an opinion but I would have thought if you were on €350 at the time of arrears, the arrears payment should reflect this, however I believe SW are actually paying arrears on claimants current rate (which in some cases is lower) , which seems unfair.

Bottom line however is (and I could be wrong), I can not see SW paying arrears for any period you were not actually claiming pup.

Dempo1 wrote: »

We're you on TWSS at any stage? , are you self employed?

SW have stated there are some delays for people who were on employer wage subsidy schemes, if self employed, I'm following another thread for PUP and self employed and not a single post today about any of the contributers receiving arrears today so maybe there's ongoing delays, processing of self employed arrears.

No sir. Im paye. I was actually signed back on in June after my site that opened on May closed again due to fears of covid. When I signed on I never got my pay off them and I was back working in 3 weeks but I never got any payment for the 3 weeks I was off

Dempo1 wrote: »

We're you on TWSS at any stage?

No. We weren't kept on by that. I work agency work

A useful link about PUP arrears
https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/198a8-covid-19-pandemic-unemployment-payment-arrears/