Written answers
Thursday, 11 October 2012
Department of Social Protection
Social Welfare Benefits Applications
Thomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 4 October 2012, if she will provide further analysis of the number of families that are recipients of both a social welfare payment and child dependent payment that receive a payment for more than one child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43833/12]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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A breakdown of the 263,515 families in receipt of a primary social welfare payment who are also recipients of a child dependent payment by payment type and family size is in the following table:
| Social Welfare Payments | 1 Qualified Child | 2 Qualified Children | 3 Qualified Children | 4 Qualified Children | 5 Qualified Children | 6+ Qualified Children | Total Families With Children | Total Children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Pension (Non-Contributory) | 275 | 72 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 384 | 538 |
| State Pension (Contributory) | 1,615 | 376 | 81 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 2,101 | 2,736 |
| State Pension (Transition) | 193 | 50 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 255 | 331 |
| Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's Contributory Pension | 3,841 | 2,013 | 775 | 194 | 46 | 15 | 6,884 | 11,310 |
| Death Benefit Pension | 47 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 120 |
| Jobseeker's Allowance | 26,250 | 24,946 | 12,842 | 4,962 | 1,617 | 848 | 71,465 | 148,237 |
| One-Parent Family Payment | 50,608 | 25,842 | 9,563 | 3,012 | 851 | 301 | 90,177 | 149,200 |
| Supplementary Welfare Allowance | 3,911 | 3,275 | 1,896 | 843 | 317 | 178 | 10,420 | 22,280 |
| Farm Assist | 1,258 | 1,333 | 1,013 | 500 | 177 | 78 | 4,359 | 10,363 |
| Pre-Retirement Allowance | 162 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 223 | 319 |
| Jobseeker's Benefit | 6,914 | 5,910 | 2,435 | 671 | 145 | 36 | 16,111 | 29,676 |
| Deserted Wife's Benefit | 609 | 161 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 815 | 1,081 |
| Health and Safety Benefit | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Back to Work Allowance | 18 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 133 |
| Back to Work Enterprise Allowance | 1,317 | 1,717 | 944 | 352 | 79 | 12 | 4,421 | 9,459 |
| Back to Education Allowance | 2,429 | 1,629 | 847 | 310 | 92 | 29 | 5,336 | 10,111 |
| Disability Allowance | 5,730 | 3,655 | 1,875 | 855 | 403 | 263 | 12,781 | 25,866 |
| Blind Pension | 93 | 63 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 209 | 405 |
| Carer's Allowance | 4,059 | 5,004 | 2,934 | 1,333 | 403 | 220 | 13,953 | 31,460 |
| Illness Benefit | 5,609 | 4,841 | 2,116 | 608 | 156 | 58 | 13,388 | 25,237 |
| Interim Illness Benefit | 20 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 73 |
| Invalidity Pension | 4,440 | 2,709 | 1,015 | 254 | 70 | 30 | 8,518 | 14,463 |
| Injury Benefit | 52 | 50 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 134 | 259 |
| Disablement Pension | 123 | 134 | 102 | 48 | 5 | 14 | 426 | 426 |
| Carer's Benefit | 291 | 367 | 224 | 66 | 11 | 14 | 973 | 1,997 |
| Totals | 119,867 | 84,243 | 38,827 | 14,084 | 4,390 | 2,104 | 263,515 | 496,087 |
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