Written answers

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Department of Social and Family Affairs

Social Welfare Benefits

9:00 pm

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo 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]

Photo of Mary HanafinMary 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.

YearLabour Force (1)Number in Employment (1)One-Parent Family PaymentOne-Parent Family Payment as % of Labour ForceOne Parent Family Payments as % of EmployedDisability Payments (2)Disability Payments as % of Labour ForceDisability Payments as % of Employed
20001,763,7001,684,10074,1194.2%4.4%113,8916.5%6.8%
20011,807,4001,738,00077,1424.3%4.4%119,5006.6%6.9%
20021,850,8001,768,50079,1954.3%4.5%126,5426.8%7.2%
20031,886,7001,800,00079,2964.2%4.4%133,0327.1%7.4%
20041,940,0001,852,20080,1034.1%4.3%141,0027.3%7.6%
20052,040,4001,944,60080,3663.9%4.1%150,0807.4%7.7%
20062,132,8002,034,90083,0813.9%4.1%148,2977.0%7.3%
20072,217,0002,113,90085,0843.8%4.0%155,8787.0%7.4%
20082,239,6002,112,80087,8403.9%4.2%162,6717.3%7.7%
20092,203,1001,938,50090,4844.1%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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