Written answers
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Department of Social and Family Affairs
Pension Provisions
Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 217: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of married women claiming the contributory State pension for each year from 1990 to 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36581/09]
Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Social and Family Affairs does not maintain annual statistics on the marital status of people who are claiming State Pension (Contributory) or State Pension (Transition), as qualification is on an individual social insurance basis. However, the attached table shows the break-down between male and female SPT and SPC recipients from 1990 to date (Note, in 2007, provisions were made for individuals on SPT, on reaching the age of 66, to be automatically transferred to SPC, payable at the same rate) .
| Year | SPC – MaleRecipients | SPC – FemaleRecipients | SPT – MaleRecipients | SPT – FemaleRecipients |
| 1990 | 47,804 | 26,666 | 37,715 | 10,760 |
| 1991 | 46,480 | 26,280 | 40,500 | 11,740 |
| 1992 | 46,323 | 26,388 | 42,458 | 12,727 |
| 1993 | 45,465 | 26,396 | 44,564 | 13,836 |
| 1994 | 44,622 | 26,198 | 47,326 | 14,885 |
| 1995 | 43,333 | 25,846 | 49,807 | 15,954 |
| 1996 | 42,413 | 25,575 | 52,576 | 17,164 |
| 1997 | 43,770 | 53,828 | 26,252 | 17,965 |
| 1998 | 44,969 | 26,737 | 56,212 | 19,104 |
| 1999 | 48,856 | 27,385 | 58,589 | 20,279 |
| 2000 | 55,650 | 30,567 | 57,699 | 20,671 |
| 2001 | 60,477 | 34,394 | 58,971 | 21,355 |
| 2002 | 66,382 | 38,913 | 60,899 | 22,156 |
| 2003 | 71,916 | 42,054 | 63,152 | 23,357 |
| 2004 | 74,961 | 43,692 | 65,536 | 24,334 |
| 2005 | 79,632 | 44,979 | 66,369 | 24,678 |
| 2006 | 88,786 | 50,938 | 66,378 | 24,708 |
| 2007 | 159,168 | 78,431 | 4,140 | 1,711 |
| 2008 | 166,869 | 83,248 | 5,015 | 2,227 |
| 2009* | 174,241 | 88,000 | 5,804 | 2,667 |
*Figures to October 2009
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