Written answers
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Department of Social and Family Affairs
Social Welfare Benefits
9:00 pm
Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 344: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker's allowance by household type (details supplied); the cost of same between two and three years, three and four years, four years and five years, and five years and more; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40491/09]
Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The statistics requested by the Deputy are not available. However, statistics relating to household type and duration of entitlement for jobseeker's benefit and allowance are contained in the Social Welfare Services (SWS) Statistical Information Report published annually by the Department. I am making available relevant extracts of the 2008 report, which is available on the Department's website, www.welfare.ie.
Table F4: Number of Recipients of Jobseeker's Benefit and Jobseeker's Allowance by Number of Dependants, 2008
| Number of Recipients | Job Seeker's Benefit | Job Seeker's Allowance | Total |
| Personal Rate only | 99,265 | 84,540 | 183,805 |
| With Qualified Adult only | 4,663 | 6,597 | 11,260 |
| 1 full rate Qualified Child | 4,245 | 6,708 | 10,953 |
| 2 full rate Qualified Children | 3,715 | 6,269 | 9,984 |
| 3 full rate Qualified Children | 1,775 | 3,958 | 5,733 |
| 4 full rate Qualified Children | 637 | 1,978 | 2,615 |
| 5 full rate Qualified Children | 148 | 786 | 934 |
| 6+full rate Qualified Children | 56 | 540 | 596 |
| 1 half rate Qualified Child | 3,230 | 850 | 4,080 |
| 2 half rate Qualified Children | 2,598 | 674 | 3,272 |
| 3 half rate Qualified Children | 1,077 | 425 | 1,502 |
| 4 half rate Qualified Children | 289 | 193 | 482 |
| 5 half rate Qualified Children | 51 | 53 | 104 |
| 6+ half rate Qualified Children | 14 | 32 | 46 |
| Total Number of Recipients | 121,763 | 113,603 | 235,366 |
| Number of Recipients with a Qualified Adult | 13,449 | 22,872 | 36,321 |
| Percentage of Recipients with a Qualified Adult | 11.0% | 20.1% | 15.4% |
| Number of Recipients with Qualified Children | 17,835 | 22,466 | 40,301 |
| Percentage of Recipients with Qualified Children | 14.6% | 19.8% | 17.1% |
| Total Number of Children(1) | 33,776 | 50,904 | 84,680 |
(1) A Qualified Child Increase is payable at half rate where a spouse, living with the recipient, is not a Qualified Adult. Each spouse may receive half the Qualified Child Increase where both are in receipt of a social welfare payment. This can result in some double counting of the actual number of Qualified Children.
Table F9: Number of Persons on the Live Register in October 2008, Classified by Duration of Claim
| Sex/Age | Duration of Continuous Registration | ||||||
| < 3 mths3 – 6 mths6 - 12 mths1 – 2 years2 - 3 years> 3 years | Total | ||||||
| Males | |||||||
| < 20 yrs3,5011,3881,343753--6,98520 - 24 yrs12,1435,6115,0662,5361,2471,18927,79225 - 34 yrs21,6529,3528,9264,5671,9673,87550,33935 - 44 yrs13,3775,6606,2193,5871,7034,36934,91545 - 54 yrs8,8343,5464,1862,5251,4764,87025,43755 - 59 yrs3,2561,2231,6469624741,7269,28760 - 64 yrs2,6971,0921,6409193169697,633Total Males65,46027,87229,02615,8497,18316,998162,388Females< 20 yrs2,251919813530--4,51320 - 24 yrs7,3822,7481,9111,26569470014,70025 - 34 yrs12,4944,2463,4561,5585661,18023,50035 - 44 yrs8,5542,8352,8121,5866111,30117,69945 - 54 yrs6,7171,7881,8751,1535981,73013,86155 - 59 yrs2,5496798305952706275,55060 - 64 yrs1,8495597715522193684,318Total Females41,79613,77412,4687,2392,9585,90684,141All Persons< 20 yrs5,7522,3072,1561,283--11,49820 - 24 yrs19,5258,3596,9773,8011,9411,88942,49225 - 34 yrs34,14613,59812,3826,1252,5335,05573,83935 - 44 yrs21,9318,4959,0315,1732,3145,67052,61445 - 54 yrs15,5515,3346,0613,6782,0746,60039,29855 - 59 yrs5,8051,9022,4761,5577442,35314,83760 - 64 yrs4,5461,6512,4111,4715351,33711,951Total107,25641,64641,49423,08810,14122,904246,529Source: Central Statistics Office.>
Question 345: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if there are instances where the back to education allowance is awarded to a qualifying person studying an approved course in another EU country; the reason this information is not made clear on the back to education leaflets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40537/09]
Under the back to education scheme an applicant can pursue a full-time second or third level course up to and including a Higher Diploma in any discipline and a Post Graduate Diploma in Education. Full-time day undergraduate courses in another EU country which are recognised by the Department of Education and Science for Higher Education Grant purposes may be considered for the back to education allowance scheme. Only postgraduate courses in Ireland are deemed eligible under the scheme. The back to education leaflet, SW70, sets out summary conditions for the scheme. Detailed conditions for receipt of the back to education allowance are on the Department's website www.welfare.ie. |
John Deasy
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