Catherine Byrne (Dublin South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 131: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money that was spent by her on the one parent family payment in 2010; the number of recipients; the number of male and female recipients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20256/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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My Department incurred a total expenditure of €1.1bn during 2010 in respect of the One-Parent Family Payment scheme in 2010. The total number of persons in receipt of this payment in 2010 was 92,326 of which there were 2,156 male and 90,170 female recipients. Further information on this scheme, and on all of my Department's schemes, is available in the Department's Annual Statistics Report. The Report, "Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services 2010" is published on my Department's website, www.welfare.ie.