Written answers
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Department of Social and Family Affairs
Social Welfare Benefits
8:00 pm
Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 446: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for refusal of disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [3513/10]
Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Disability Allowance is a weekly Allowance paid to people with a specified disability who are aged over 16 and under 66. The disability must be expected to last for at least one year and the allowance is subject to a medical assessment, a means test and a habitual residence test.
The person concerned applied for Disability Allowance on 10 November 2009. Her claim was assessed by a Medical Assessor who deemed that she was not medically suitable for Disability Allowance. A letter issued to the person on 11 January 2010 advising her of this decision and of her right of appeal to the Social Welfare Appeals Office.
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 447: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 803 of 19 January 2010 if she will reproduce the table of data, dividing disability payments to include disability allowance statistics only. [3514/10]
Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the supplied tabular statement.
| 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 Allowance | Disability Allowance as % of Labour Force | Disability Allowance as % of Employed |
| 2000 | 1,763,700 | 1,684,100 | 74,119 | 4.2% | 4.4% | 54,303 | 3.1% | 3.2% |
| 2001 | 1,807,400 | 1,738,100 | 77,142 | 4.3% | 4.4% | 57,655 | 3.2% | 3.3% |
| 2002 | 1,850,800 | 1,768,500 | 79,195 | 4.3% | 4.5% | 62,783 | 3.4% | 3.6% |
| 2003 | 1,886,700 | 1,800,000 | 79,296 | 4.2% | 4.4% | 67,720 | 3.6% | 3.8% |
| 2004 | 1,940,000 | 1,852,200 | 80,103 | 4.1% | 4.3% | 72,976 | 3.8% | 3.9% |
| 2005 | 2,040,400 | 1,944,600 | 80,366 | 3.9% | 4.1% | 79,253 | 3.9% | 4.1% |
| 2006 | 2,132,800 | 2,034,900 | 83,081 | 3.9% | 4.1% | 83,697 | 3.9% | 4.1% |
| 2007 | 2,217,000 | 2,113,900 | 85,084 | 3.8% | 4.0% | 89,048 | 4.0% | 4.2% |
| 2008 | 2,239,600 | 2,112,800 | 87,840 | 3.9% | 4.2% | 95,754 | 4.3% | 4.5% |
| 2009 | 2,203,100 | 1,938,500 | 90,484 | 4.1% | 4.7% | 99,576 | 4.5% | 5.1% |
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