Written answers
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Department of Social Protection
Social Welfare Code
Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will list what she considers to be core social welfare payments; if she will detail in tabular form the current rates for these core payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45714/12]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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When I used the term “core social welfare payments” recently, I was referring to those primary weekly payments that are intended to enable recipients to meet their basic day-to-day income needs. Such payments and the relevant weekly maximum rates of payment are outlined in the table below. The Department pays out a range of other payments on a weekly, monthly or less frequent basis. As these are paid, where appropriate, in addition to the income support payments detailed in the table, they are considered non-primary in nature.
Table: 2012 Weekly payment rates
Scheme | Weekly Rate € |
|---|---|
| Pensioner Weekly Rates of Payment | |
| Carer’s Allowance | 239.00 |
| Death Benefit Pension | 234.70 |
| State Pension (Contributory)/State Pension (Transition)/Invalidity Pension/Widow(er's), Surviving Civil Partner (Contributory) Pension/Deserted Wife's Benefit | 230.30 |
| State Pension (Non Contributory) | 219.00 |
| Incapacity Supplement | 204.30 |
| Working Age Weekly Rates of Payment | |
| Death Benefit Pension | 218.50 |
| Maternity and Adoptive Benefit – Minimum Rate | 217.80 |
| Carer's Benefit /Constant Attendance Allowance | 205.00 |
| Carer’s Allowance | 204.00 |
| Invalidity Pension/Widow/er's/Surviving Civil Partner (Contributory) Pension/Deserted Wife's Benefit | 193.50 |
| Jobseeker's Benefit/Illness Benefit/Incapacity Supplement/ Health and Safety Benefit/Injury Benefit/Jobseeker's Allowance/ Pre-Retirement Allowance/Back To Education Allowance/ Back To Work Allowance/Widow(er's), Surviving Civil Partner (Non Contributory) Pension/Deserted Wife's Allowance/Disability Allowance/Blind Pension/Farm Assist/ One Parent Family Payment | 188.00 |
| Supplementary Welfare Allowance | 186.00 |
| Guardian’s Payment (Contributory and Non Contributory) | 161.00 |
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