Written answers

Tuesday, 24 October 2023

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Departmental Data

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of the disability allowance; and the number who were in receipt of the allowance in each of the past ten years. [46375/23]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Disability Allowance is a weekly allowance paid to people with a disability. At the end of September 2023 there were 161,083 persons in receipt of Disability Allowance. Data requested by the Deputy for the end of each calendar year 2013 to 2022 are shown in the attached tabular statement.

Calendar Year Number of Recipients
2013 106,279
2014 112,097
2015 119,042
2016 126,203
2017 133,929
2018 140,835
2019 146,755
2020 152,580
2021 155,181
2022 157,807

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