Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of people in receipt of the diet and heating supplements in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the current number in receipt broken down by county; the total costs of the payment in 2010, 2011 and estimated total costs in 2012; her plans for the future of the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5776/13]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The information requested by the Deputy is not collated by the Department. The number of recipients of miscellaneous supplementary welfare supplements, including diet and heating supplements, is collated annually for inclusion in the Department’s Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services report. A table detailing the available statistics is set out below for the Deputy’s information. With regard to my future plans for these supplements, a review of the diet supplement scheme is planned in the coming months.

Miscellaneous Supplementary Welfare Supplements (Including Diet and Heating Supplements)

(1) Provisional

Note: The provision for miscellaneous supplementary welfare supplements for 2013 is €11.4 million.