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Thursday, 4 October 2012

Department of Social Protection

Social Welfare Benefits Applications

Photo of Thomas PringleThomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of people on a core social welfare payment who are also recipients of a child dependent payment; and if she will provide a breakdown of same [42442/12]

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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There were 263,515 families in receipt of qualified child increases across the various social welfare schemes administered by the Department of Social Protection on the 31st of December 2011. A breakdown by scheme is provided in the following tabular statement.

Scheme*

Families with Children

Social Welfare Payments
Full Rate
Qualified Child Increase
Half Rate
Qualified Child Increase
State Pension (Non-Contributory)
312
72
State Pension (Contributory)
1,055
1,046
State Pension (Transition)
121
134
Widow/er's or Surviving Civil Partner's Contributory Pension
6,884
0
Death Benefit Pension
78
0
Jobseeker's Allowance
52,129
19,336
One-Parent Family Payment
90,177
0
Supplementary Welfare Allowance
10,420
0
Farm Assist
3,389
970
Pre-Retirement Allowance
177
46
Jobseeker's Benefit
7,803
8,308
Deserted Wife's Benefit
815
0
Health and Safety Benefit
2
5
Back to Work Allowance
40
16
Back to Work Enterprise Allowance
3,341
1,080
Back to Education Allowance
3,855
1,481
Disability Allowance
9,036
3,745
Blind Pension
135
74
Carer's Allowance
1,172
12,781
Illness Benefit
5,166
8,222
Interim Illness Benefit
24
17
Invalidity Pension
2,668
5,850
Injury Benefit
70
64
Disablement Pension
140
286
Carer's Benefit
40
933

Totals
199,049
64,466

Grand Total
263,515

* Community Employment, Tús and Rural Social Scheme are not included in this analysis

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