Written answers

Thursday, 5 November 2009

Department of Social and Family Affairs

Social Welfare Benefits

10:00 am

Photo of Catherine ByrneCatherine 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]

Photo of Mary HanafinMary 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

YearNo. of RecipientsExpenditure
200785,084€962,424,795.99
200887,886€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 RecipientsFemaleMale
89,89687,6132,283
97.46%2.54%

Table 3 Age Profile

AgeNumber of Recipients
Under 201,547
20-2515,626
26-3019,883
31-3516,472
36-4015,456
41-4511,057
46-506,076
51-552,621
56-60952
61-65206
89,896

Table 4 Nationality/EEA Status

COUNTRY / EEARecipients
IRELAND70,431
UK4,164
OTHER EEA STATES3,088
NON-EEA STATES3,426
CODED AS 'OTHER'8,787
Total89,896

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