Written answers
Tuesday, 24 October 2023
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Departmental Data
Peadar 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]
Heather 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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