Written answers
Wednesday, 24 September 2008
Department of Social and Family Affairs
Social Welfare Benefits
9:00 pm
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 1288: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number in receipt of rental allowance who are Irish nationals, UK nationals, other EU or EEA and non-EEA nationals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30042/08]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 1289: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number in receipt of supplementary welfare allowance who are Irish nationals, UK nationals, other EU or EEA and non-EEA nationals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30043/08]
Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1288 and 1289 together.
Set out below are two tables showing the number of recipients of rent supplement and basic weekly supplementary welfare allowance broken down by nationality. Some 8,000 people receive both payments. These cases are included in both tables.
Recipients' nationality is not known in 4% of basic weekly supplementary welfare allowance cases or in 6% of rent supplement case.
| Basic Weekly Supplementary Welfare Allowance Recipients by Nationality | |
| Nationality | Recipients |
| Ireland | 20,595 |
| UK | 1,741 |
| EEA other than Ireland or UK | 3,565 |
| Non-EEA | 6,951 |
| Recorded as 'Other' | 1,505 |
| Total | 34,357 |
| Rent Supplement Recipients by Nationality | |
| Nationality | Recipients |
| Ireland | 41,344 |
| UK | 4,465 |
| EEA other than Ireland or UK | 7,243 |
| Non-EEA | 9,465 |
| Recorded as 'Other' | 4,165 |
| Total | 66,682 |
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 1290: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number in receipt of one-parent family payment who are Irish nationals, UK nationals, other EU or EEA and non-EEA nationals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30044/08]
Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I set out below a table showing the number of recipients of One-parent Family Payment broken down by nationality.
| One-parent Family Payment Recipients by Nationality/EEA Status | |
| Country / EEA | Recipients |
| Ireland | 67,177 |
| UK | 4,014 |
| Other EEA States | 2,908 |
| Non-EEA States | 3,276 |
| Coded as 'Other' | 8,688 |
| Total | 86,063 |
| Note: Ireland and UK totals are not included within the Other EEA State totals. |
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