Written answers
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Department of Social Protection
Social Welfare Benefits
9:00 pm
Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 161: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of qualified adults in relation to whom a payment is being made minus those qualified adults that are of pension age. [8746/12]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 162: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of female qualified adults in relation to whom a payment is being made minus those qualified adults that are of pension age. [8747/12]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 163: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if any recent research has been undertaken that documents a breakdown of who the qualified adults in regard to whom a payment is being made are in terms of age profile, educational qualifications and work history; and if so, the key findings of same. [8748/12]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 161 to 163, inclusive, together.
The information requested by the Deputy is not routinely collated by my Department across all of its various schemes. Where possible I have included the information requested by the Deputy in full. The Department has not undertaken or commissioned research in relation to qualified adult payments. This is a matter that the Department may examine in the future as it develops policies to further reform the Social Welfare system. At the end of December 2011 there were approximately 193,000 adult dependent allowances in payment.
Tabular table attached.
| Total Number of Qualified Adults | Number of Qualified Adults Under 66 years of age. | Female Adult Dependents under 66 years of age | |
| State Pension (Contributory) | 66,609 | 18,246 | 17,954 |
| State Pension (Transition) | 2,572 | 2,284 | 2,224 |
| State Pension (Non-Contributory) | 3,012 | 3,012 | 2,600 |
| Pre-Retirement Allowance | 1,233 | Not Available | Not Available |
| Illness Benefit | 7,894 | Not Available | Not Available |
| Interim Illness Benefit | 33 | Not Available | Not Available |
| Injury Benefit | 95 | Not Available | Not Available |
| Invalidity Pension | 7,728 | 7,478 | 6,573 |
| Disablement Pension | 161 | Not Available | Not Available |
| Disability Allowance | 8,737 | 8,606 | Not Available |
| Blind Pension | 127 | 127 | Not Available |
| Jobseeker's Benefit | 9,771 | Not Available | Not Available |
| Jobseeker's Allowance | 65,480 | Not Available | Not Available |
| Back To Work Allowance Employee | 17 | Not Available | Not Available |
| Back To Work Enterprise Allowance | |||
| - Self Employed First Year | 2,216 | Not Available | Not Available |
| - Self Employed Years 2 - 4 | 1,885 | Not Available | Not Available |
| Back To Education Allowance | 2,322 | Not Available | Not Available |
| Farm Assist | 5,213 | Not Available | Not Available |
| Supplementary Welfare Allowance | 7,906 | Not Available | Not Available |
Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 164: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons in receipt of one-parent family payment; and the total number of children to which this relates. [8751/12]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 165: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of one-parent family payment who are also engaged in paid employment. [8752/12]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 166: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of the weekly hours worked by persons in receipt of an one-parent family payment that is the number of recipients working five hours, ten hours, 15 hours, 20 hours, 25 hours, 30 hours and 35 hours. [8753/12]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 167: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of the days worked each week by persons in receipt of a one-parent family payment that is the number of recipients working one day, two days, three days, four days and five days each week. [8754/12]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 164 to 167, inclusive, together.
There were 90,267 recipients of One-parent Family Payments at the end of January 2012 with payments being made in respect of 149,196 qualified children. It is estimated that approximately 46% of the recipients are in paid employment. Information concerning the working patterns of recipients of One-Parent Family Payment is not collated by my Department.
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