People on the pandemic unemployment payment will be paid the social welfare Christmas bonus if they've spent at least four months on the income support.
The measure was one of the last agreed tonight during final negotiations on Budget 2021, which will be announced at 1pm tomorrow
Someone who went on the PUP, went back to work, and has since gone back on it will also be paid the bonus.
The Christmas bonus for hundreds of thousands social welfare recipients is expected to cost €350 million this year, compared to €279 million in 2019.
It was one of the last measures signed off on in what's expected to be the largest Budget in the history of the state.
It comes as the number of people claiming the pandemic unemployment payment increased by over 23,000 in the past week.
Just under 229,000 people will receive the PUP tomorrow, with the rise coming after the entire country was placed on level three restrictions.
Over 69,000 of those claiming the payment this week are employed in the likes of hotels, pubs, restaurants and cafes.
More than 18,000 of these people applied for a claim in the past week.
