That brings the total to 591,000
Almost 50,000 employers are availing of the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme, while 205,000 people are on the live register.
The Social Protection Minister, says the smaller increase in the numbers on the COVID-19 payment this week would suggest we have come through the worst of temporary job lay-offs.
However, Regina Doherty says with over a million people now dependent on some level of income support, the scale of the challenge is now very clear.
