Written answers
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Department of Social and Family Affairs
Social Welfare Benefits
9:00 pm
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 803: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons in receipt of incapacity and lone parent benefits for each year since 2000 to date in 2010; the percentage of the working population this represents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2013/10]
Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the deputy is contained in the tabular statement.
Table: One-Parent Family Payment and Disability Payments as a percentage of the Labour Force and Numbers in Employment, 2000 to 2009.
Year | Labour Force (1) | Number in Employment (1) | One-Parent Family Payment | One-Parent Family Payment as % of Labour Force | One Parent Family Payments as % of Employed | Disability Payments (2) | Disability Payments as % of Labour Force | Disability Payments as % of Employed |
2000 | 1,763,700 | 1,684,100 | 74,119 | 4.2% | 4.4% | 113,891 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
2001 | 1,807,400 | 1,738,000 | 77,142 | 4.3% | 4.4% | 119,500 | 6.6% | 6.9% |
2002 | 1,850,800 | 1,768,500 | 79,195 | 4.3% | 4.5% | 126,542 | 6.8% | 7.2% |
2003 | 1,886,700 | 1,800,000 | 79,296 | 4.2% | 4.4% | 133,032 | 7.1% | 7.4% |
2004 | 1,940,000 | 1,852,200 | 80,103 | 4.1% | 4.3% | 141,002 | 7.3% | 7.6% |
2005 | 2,040,400 | 1,944,600 | 80,366 | 3.9% | 4.1% | 150,080 | 7.4% | 7.7% |
2006 | 2,132,800 | 2,034,900 | 83,081 | 3.9% | 4.1% | 148,297 | 7.0% | 7.3% |
2007 | 2,217,000 | 2,113,900 | 85,084 | 3.8% | 4.0% | 155,878 | 7.0% | 7.4% |
2008 | 2,239,600 | 2,112,800 | 87,840 | 3.9% | 4.2% | 162,671 | 7.3% | 7.7% |
2009 | 2,203,100 | 1,938,500 | 90,484 | 4.1% | 4.7% | 166,328(3) | 7.5% | 8.6% |
1: Source: Central Statistics Office.
2: Includes Invalidity Pension, Disablement Pension and Disability Allowance
3: November 2009.
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