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Wednesday, 16 January 2013

Department of Social Protection

Social Welfare Benefits, Number of Recipients

Photo of John LyonsJohn Lyons (Dublin North West, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in Ballymun, Dublin, in receipt of Disability Allowance, Blind Pension, Invalidity Pension, Illness Benefit, Widows/Widowers Contributory Pension, Widows / Widowers Non-Contributory Pension and Deserted Wives Benefit. [1652/13]

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Information relating to a client’s address is entered into scheme payment systems in free text fields, which allows for the input of the address across several fields in Irish, English and abbreviated format. When this is combined with possible spelling errors and possible non-disclosure of the exact geographic location of the client’s residence, it is difficult to accurately report persons in receipt of any Social Welfare payment in a particular area.

At the end of December 2012 there were 1,213 people identified as residing in Ballymun, Dublin in receipt of Disability Allowance, Blind Pension, Invalidity Pension, Illness Benefit, Widows/Widowers Contributory Pension, Widows/Widowers Non-Contributory Pension and Deserted Wives Benefit. I have set out below a breakdown of these recipients by scheme.

Scheme
Recipients

Disability Allowance
541

Blind Pension
17

Invalidity Pension
137

Illness Benefit
156

Widow’s,Widower’s/Surviving Civil Partner’s Contributory Pension
264

Widow’s,Widower’s/Surviving Civil Partner’s Non-Contributory Pension
7

Deserted Wives Benefit
91

Total
1,213

Please note that these statistics are minimum levels for Ballymun based on the address restrictions mentioned above.

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