The number on the Pandemic Unemployment Payment decreased by 6,000 in the past week.
This includes a drop of 164 in Tipperary.
Almost one third of the people who came off the payment and returned to work last week are involved in the hospitality sector.
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There are currently just over 143,000 people in receipt of the payment, a 70 percent decrease on the peak of 602,000 seen in May of last year.
The number in Tipperary stands at 3,344 this week – it peaked at just over 18,500 in May, 2020.
