Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 336: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average cost to the State of a person on the live register; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27024/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Persons on the Live Register may be entitled to a payment of Jobseeker's Allowance or Jobseeker's Benefit from my Department. The average cost of such payments for each 1,000 people on the Live Register is currently estimated at €9 million per annum.

In addition, further costs of up to €1 million for each 1,000 people on the Live Register are incurred on other schemes administered by the Department to which some persons on the register might also be entitled to depending on their individual circumstances. These schemes include Rent Supplement, Mortgage Interest Supplement, Fuel Allowance, Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance and Supplementary Welfare Allowance Basic Payments.