Written answers
Thursday, 5 November 2009
Department of Social and Family Affairs
Social Welfare Benefits
10:00 am
Catherine Byrne (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 183: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people that are in receipt of the one parent family payment; the cost of this payment in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; the breakdown of the gender, age-profile and nationality of current recipients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39796/09]
Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy in relation to One-parent Family Payment for each of the years 2007, 2008 and 2009 (October) is given in the tables below as follows: Table 1- number of recipients and expenditure for each year Table 2- breakdown by gender Table 3– age profile Table 4- nationality/EEA status of current recipients
Table 1 Number of Recipients and Expenditure
Year | No. of Recipients | Expenditure |
2007 | 85,084 | €962,424,795.99 |
2008 | 87,886 | €1,067,158,458.54 |
2009 (October) | 89,896 | €917,780,000.00 |
Note – the Expenditure figure for the period to the end of October 2009 is estimated. The actual expenditure figure is not available at this time.
Table 2 Breakdown by Gender
Number of Recipients | Female | Male |
89,896 | 87,613 | 2,283 |
97.46% | 2.54% |
Table 3 Age Profile
Age | Number of Recipients |
Under 20 | 1,547 |
20-25 | 15,626 |
26-30 | 19,883 |
31-35 | 16,472 |
36-40 | 15,456 |
41-45 | 11,057 |
46-50 | 6,076 |
51-55 | 2,621 |
56-60 | 952 |
61-65 | 206 |
89,896 |
Table 4 Nationality/EEA Status
COUNTRY / EEA | Recipients |
IRELAND | 70,431 |
UK | 4,164 |
OTHER EEA STATES | 3,088 |
NON-EEA STATES | 3,426 |
CODED AS 'OTHER' | 8,787 |
Total | 89,896 |
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