Written answers

Tuesday, 12 June 2012

Department of Social Protection

Social Welfare Benefits

8:00 pm

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 379: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the extent to which the number of applicants in receipt of various social welfare payments has fluctuated in each of the past three years and to date in 2012, with particular reference to each category of payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28356/12]

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the tabular statement. The totals increased by over 40,000 in 2010 and again in 2011 compared to the previous year in both cases. The total at the end of April 2012 was virtually unchanged from the end of 2011.

Scheme20092010Change 2010 over 20092011Change 2011 over 201030th April 2012Change April 2012 over 2011
State Pension (Contributory/Transition)273,480290,9256.4%309,1056.2%314,6211.8%
State Pension (Non-Contributory)97,79897,179-0.6%96,749-0.4%96,295-0.5%
Pre-Retirement Allowance7,4686,021-19.4%4,820-19.9%4,393-8.9%
Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's Contributory Pension113,108114,5791.3%115,7621.0%116,0070.2%
Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's Non-Contributory Pension1,9981,977-1.1%1,959-0.9%1,907-2.7%
Deserted Wife's Benefit8,7378,372-4.2%8,071-3.6%7,975-1.2%
Deserted Wife's Allowance550487-11.5%409-16.0%391-4.4%
One-Parent Family Payment90,48492,3262.0%90,307-2.2%89,821-0.5%
Maternity Benefit23,29423,4560.7%23,9472.1%22,447-6.3%
Health and Safety Benefit496022.4%611.7%33-45.9%
Adoptive Benefit6453-17.2%45-15.1%498.9%
Guardian's Payment (Contributory)8609196.9%9553.9%9580.3%
Guardian's Payment (Non-Contributory)4204292.1%4412.8%433-1.8%
Illness Benefit77,66581,2534.6%73,397-9.7%70,674-3.7%
Invalidity Pension52,92250,766-4.1%49,792-1.9%49,340-0.9%
Injury Benefit72683515.0%776-7.1%697-10.2%
Interim Illness Benefit31837417.6%327-12.6%269-17.7%
Disablement Pension13,52013,7211.5%13,9932.0%14,0980.8%
Death Benefit Pension637633-0.6%628-0.8%6422.2%
Disability Allowance99,576101,1111.5%102,8661.7%102,8510.0%
Carer's Benefit1,9171,642-14.3%1,637-0.3%1,590-2.9%
Carer's Allowance48,22350,5774.9%51,6662.2%51,337-0.6%
Scheme20092010Change 2010 over 20092011Change 2011 over 201030th April 2012Change April 2012 over 2011
Blind Pension1,4671,4851.2%1,4960.7%1,476-1.3%
Jobseeker's Benefit160,122123,457-22.9%96,044-22.2%92,326-3.9%
Jobseeker's Allowance203,248261,85028.8%283,9298.4%286,9121.1%
Back to Work Allowance Employee2,012851-57.7%182-78.6%80-56.0%
Back to Work Enterprise Allowance
Self - Employed First Year1,9665,011154.9%5,61712.1%5,8504.1%
Self - Employed Years 2 - 42,6252,94712.3%5,13474.2%5,2151.6%
Back to Education Allowance15,87721,14733.2%24,66616.6%24,000-2.7%
Part-Time Job Incentive Scheme173161-6.9%18011.8%1937.2%
Family Income Supplement25,96328,2238.7%28,8762.3%26,751-7.4%
Farm Assist8,97210,71419.4%11,3335.8%11,158-1.5%
Rural Social Scheme(1)0002,534100.0%2,5240.0%
Community Employment Scheme(1)00022,589100.0%21,787-3.5%
Tús(1)0002,534100.0%3,66445.9%
Supplementary Welfare Allowance42,77537,413-12.54%34,597-7.5%33,657-2.7%
Rent Allowance192179-6.77%159-11.2%151-5.0%
Child Benefit Families602,932591,432-1.91%597,3331.0%603,3831.0%
Child Benefit Children1,156,9171,124,003-2.84%1,136,0651.1%1,151,9501.4%
Total Number of Recipients (Excludes Number of Children on Child Benefit – Number of Child Benefit Families included)1,982,1382,022,2652.02%2,064,4592.09%2,065,9550.0%
1. Responsibility for the expenditure in respect of the Rural Social Scheme transferred to my Department in 2010 and responsibility for FÁS Employment Schemes transferred to my Department in 2011. Information prior to these transfer dates is not available. The TÚS scheme commenced in 2011.

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