Written answers
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
Department of Social Protection
Social Welfare Payments
Derek Nolan (Galway West, Labour)
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321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the numbers of persons in reciept of social welfare payments in a town (details supplied) in County Galway, between 2007 and 2012 inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20271/13]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The information requested by the Deputy is collated at county level only by my Department annually for inclusion in the Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services report. The number of persons living in Galway County in receipt of a Social Welfare payment, where available, is listed by each category of payment in the attached tabular statement for the years 2007 to 2012.
Recipients of Social Welfare Payments in County Galway 2007 to 2012
Type Of Payment | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
State Pension (Non-Contributory) | 7,900 | 7,896 | 7,811 | 7,768 | 7,692 | 7,632 |
State Pension (Contributory) | 8,469 | 9,059 | 9,657 | 10,351 | 11,183 | 12,043 |
State Pension (Transition) | 297 | 286 | 328 | 444 | 530 | 571 |
Widow, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's (Contributory) Pension | 4,740 | 4,796 | 4,852 | 4,972 | 5,031 | 5,141 |
Death Benefit | 16 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 |
Jobseeker's Allowance(1) | N/Avail | N/Avail | N/Avail | N/Avail | 14,201 | 14,365 |
One Parent Family Payment | 3,102 | 3,483 | 3,397 | 3,604 | 2,971 | 3,126 |
Widow, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's Non-Contributory Pension | 175 | 160 | 146 | 141 | 147 | 142 |
Deserted Wife's Allowance | 40 | 34 | 32 | 27 | 25 | 20 |
Supplementary Welfare Allowance | 1,750 | 2,490 | 3,037 | 2,446 | 2,153 | 1,995 |
Farm Assist | 781 | 782 | 954 | 1,133 | 1,137 | 1,112 |
Pre-Retirement Allowance | 451 | 385 | 333 | 265 | 208 | 162 |
Jobseeker's Benefit(1) | N/Avail | N/Avail | N/Avail | N/Avail | 4,510 | 3,970 |
Deserted Wife's Benefit | 276 | 263 | 251 | 247 | 240 | 235 |
Maternity Benefit | 1,191 | 1,283 | 1,212 | 1,245 | 1,346 | 1,291 |
Health and Safety Benefit | 3 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
Back to Education | 534 | 625 | 1,214 | 1,563 | 1,749 | 1,585 |
Back to Work Allowance | 403 | 191 | 101 | 41 | 5 | 2 |
Back to Work Enterprise Allowance | 206 | 382 | 365 | 527 | 711 | 747 |
Part-Time Job Incentive | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 |
Community Employment Programme(2) | N/Avail | N/Avail | N/Avail | N/Avail | N/Avail | 1,513 |
Tús - Community Work Placement Scheme(3) | N/Avail | N/Avail | N/Avail | N/Avail | N/Avail | 227 |
Rural Social Scheme(4) | N/Avail | N/Avail | N/Avail | N/Avail | N/Avail | 281 |
Disability Allowance | 5,347 | 5,683 | 5,859 | 5,967 | 6,085 | 5,920 |
Blind Pension | 83 | 78 | 77 | 80 | 82 | 83 |
Carer's Allowance | 2,236 | 2,709 | 2,958 | 3,071 | 3,104 | 3,098 |
Domiciliary Care Allowance | N/Avail | N/Avail | N/Avail | 1,315 | 1,359 | 1,328 |
Type Of Payment | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
Illness Benefit | 2,623 | 2,793 | 2,946 | 3,152 | 2,901 | 2,642 |
Interim Illness Benefit | 20 | 38 | 22 | 14 | 12 | 27 |
Injury Benefit | 51 | 42 | 32 | 41 | 27 | 32 |
Invalidity Pension | 1,724 | 1,733 | 1,770 | 1,727 | 1,723 | 1,767 |
Disablement Benefit | 582 | 614 | 640 | 649 | 651 | 654 |
Carer' Benefit | 179 | 188 | 148 | 106 | 102 | 121 |
Family Income Supplement | 1,018 | 1,310 | 1,196 | 1,343 | 1,360 | 1,535 |
Guardian's Payment (Non-Contributory) | 18 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 17 | 14 |
Guardian's Payment (Contributory) | 19 | 18 | 24 | 23 | 28 | 30 |
Child Benefit | 29,726 | 30,565 | 30,943 | 30,320 | 30,624 | 31,121 |
Live Register in county Galway 2007 to 2012
| Live Register | 9,755 | 16,479 | 22,722 | 23,099 | 22,588 | 22,081 |
(1) Numbers of recipient of jobseeker’s allowance and jobseeker’s benefit are not available prior to 2010.
(2) Responsibility for the expenditure in relation to FÁS Employment and Community Schemes transferred to the Department in January 2011 and information prior to 2011 is not available.
(3) Tús commenced in early 2011
(4) Rural Social Scheme transferred to the Department of Social Protection in September, 2010.
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