Written answers
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
Department of Social Protection
Social Welfare Benefits
9:00 pm
Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 396: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown by nationality of the persons currently in receipt of jobseeker's allowance and benefit. [23787/11]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table:
Number of Jobseekers recipients by nationality as at the end of August 2011:
| NATIONALITY | JOBSEEKER'S ALLOWANCE | JOBSEEKER'S BENEFIT |
| AFGHANISTAN | 123 | 1 |
| ALBANIA | 125 | 16 |
| ALGERIA | 297 | 12 |
| AMERICAN SAMOA | 2 | 0 |
| ANGOLA | 239 | 5 |
| ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA | 1 | 0 |
| ARGENTINA | 10 | 5 |
| ARMENIA | 21 | 2 |
| AUSTRALIA | 67 | 59 |
| AUSTRIA | 50 | 21 |
| AZERBAIJAN | 12 | 1 |
| BAHAMAS | 1 | 0 |
| BAHRAIN | 0 | 1 |
| BANGLADESH | 113 | 77 |
| BARBADOS | 1 | 1 |
| BELARUS | 89 | 32 |
| BELGIUM | 55 | 25 |
| BENIN | 7 | 0 |
| BERMUDA | 1 | 0 |
| BHUTAN | 1 | 0 |
| BOLIVIA | 2 | 1 |
| BOSNIA | 67 | 15 |
| BOTSWANA | 1 | 1 |
| BRAZIL | 137 | 99 |
| BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN | 1 | 1 |
| BULGARIA | 126 | 57 |
| BURKINA FASO UPPER VOLTA | 3 | 1 |
| BURMA | 54 | 4 |
| BURUNDI | 14 | 0 |
| CAMEROON | 147 | 9 |
| CANADA | 72 | 34 |
| CENTRAL AFRICAN REP | 1 | 0 |
| CHAD | 3 | 0 |
| CHANNEL ISLANDS | 2 | 0 |
| CHECHNYA | 29 | 1 |
| CHILE | 1 | 1 |
| CHINA | 131 | 96 |
| COLOMBIA | 14 | 3 |
| COMORS | 5 | 1 |
| CONGO | 568 | 18 |
| COSTA RICA | 3 | 0 |
| CROATIA | 115 | 25 |
| CUBA | 21 | 2 |
| CYPRUS | 6 | 1 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 689 | 278 |
| DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO | 41 | 4 |
| DENMARK | 26 | 6 |
| DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | 1 | 0 |
| ECUADOR | 2 | 2 |
| EGYPT | 69 | 14 |
| EL SALVADOR | 17 | 7 |
| ENGLAND | 2,713 | 840 |
| ERITREA | 56 | 3 |
| ESTONIA | 355 | 150 |
| ETHIOPIA | 59 | 4 |
| FIJI | 1 | 0 |
| FINLAND | 24 | 19 |
| FRANCE | 308 | 217 |
| GABON | 1 | 0 |
| GAMBIA | 15 | 1 |
| GEORGIA | 101 | 4 |
| GERMANY | 496 | 195 |
| GHANA | 205 | 12 |
| GREECE | 24 | 21 |
| GUATEMALA | 2 | 0 |
| GUINEA | 45 | 0 |
| GUINEA-BISSAU | 2 | 0 |
| GUYANA | 2 | 0 |
| HONDURAS | 2 | 0 |
| HONG KONG | 8 | 3 |
| HUNGARY | 538 | 393 |
| ICELAND | 3 | 2 |
| INDIA | 69 | 116 |
| INDONESIA | 5 | 7 |
| IRAN | 235 | 9 |
| IRAQ | 300 | 3 |
| IRELAND | 247,364 | 88,797 |
| ISLE OF MAN | 1 | 0 |
| ISRAEL | 19 | 4 |
| ITALY | 287 | 169 |
| IVORY COAST | 56 | 1 |
| JAMAICA | 15 | 2 |
| JAPAN | 10 | 10 |
| JORDAN | 14 | 2 |
| KAZAKHSTAN | 46 | 9 |
| KENYA | 49 | 6 |
| KOSOVO | 122 | 8 |
| KUWAIT | 31 | 0 |
| KYRGYZSTAN | 5 | 0 |
| LATVIA | 2,358 | 1,011 |
| LEBANON | 13 | 4 |
| LESOTHO | 2 | 0 |
| LIBERIA | 24 | 0 |
| LIBYA | 88 | 7 |
| LIECHTENSTEIN | 1 | 0 |
| LITHUANIA | 4,631 | 1,902 |
| LUXEMBOURG | 4 | 4 |
| MACAO | 6 | 0 |
| MACEDONIA | 3 | 0 |
| MALAWI | 12 | 1 |
| MALAYSIA | 41 | 42 |
| MALDIVES | 6 | 4 |
| MALI | 1 | 0 |
| MALTA | 32 | 24 |
| MAURITANIA | 6 | 1 |
| MAURITUS | 15 | 15 |
| MAYOTTE | 1 | 0 |
| MEXICO | 8 | 5 |
| MOLDOVA | 255 | 52 |
| MONGOLIA | 12 | 5 |
| MONTENEGRO | 2 | 1 |
| MOROCCO | 71 | 12 |
| MYANMAR | 2 | 1 |
| NAMIBIA | 0 | 1 |
| NEPAL | 6 | 5 |
| NETHERLANDS | 215 | 70 |
| NEW ZEALAND | 31 | 32 |
| NICARAGUA | 1 | 2 |
| NIGER | 12 | 2 |
| NIGERIA | 2,276 | 238 |
| NORTHERN IRELAND | 729 | 183 |
| NORWAY | 8 | 4 |
| OTHER | 3,492 | 2,878 |
| PAKISTAN | 242 | 82 |
| PALESTINE | 35 | 1 |
| PARAGUAY | 2 | 0 |
| PERU | 8 | 5 |
| PHILIPPINES | 125 | 226 |
| POLAND | 12,875 | 6,960 |
| PORTUGAL | 251 | 82 |
| REPUBLIC OF KOREA | 8 | 4 |
| ROMANIA | 1,259 | 293 |
| RUSSIA | 328 | 104 |
| RWANDA | 41 | 3 |
| SAUDI ARABIA | 2 | 0 |
| SCOTLAND | 462 | 118 |
| SENEGAL | 3 | 0 |
| SERBIA & MONTENEGRO | 20 | 17 |
| SIERRA LEONE | 69 | 11 |
| SINGAPORE | 1 | 0 |
| SLOVAKIA | 1,129 | 723 |
| SLOVENIA | 13 | 3 |
| SOMALIA | 439 | 11 |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 262 | 138 |
| SPAIN | 248 | 188 |
| SRI LANKA | 15 | 8 |
| SUDAN | 307 | 3 |
| SUIRINAM | 1 | 0 |
| SWAZILAND | 3 | 1 |
| SWEDEN | 41 | 39 |
| SWITZERLAND | 15 | 9 |
| SYRIA | 34 | 2 |
| TAIWAN | 0 | 1 |
| TAJIKISTAN | 1 | 0 |
| TANZANIA | 3 | 3 |
| THAILAND | 50 | 37 |
| TOGO | 61 | 2 |
| TONGA | 1 | 0 |
| TUNISIA | 23 | 8 |
| TURKEY | 91 | 41 |
| TURKMENISTAN | 1 | 0 |
| TURKS & CAICOS ISLAN | 0 | 1 |
| UGANDA | 37 | 1 |
| UKRAINE | 364 | 150 |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | 2 | 1 |
| UNITED KINGDOM | 8,858 | 2,474 |
| UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS | 1 | 0 |
| UNKNOWN | 8 | 3 |
| URUGUAY | 1 | 0 |
| USA | 380 | 194 |
| UZBEKISTAN | 24 | 0 |
| VANUATU | 1 | 0 |
| VENEZUELA | 7 | 3 |
| VIETNAM | 91 | 5 |
| WALES | 84 | 34 |
| YEMEN | 3 | 0 |
| YUGOSLAVIA | 30 | 12 |
| ZAMBIA | 44 | 8 |
| ZIMBABWE | 128 | 31 |
| TOTAL: | 300,067 | 110,492 |
Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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Question 397: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding rent allowance in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Kerry. [23794/11]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that the persons concerned have been awarded rent supplement of €49.50 per week from 12 January 2011. This is the full entitlement based on their household circumstances.
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