Written answers
Tuesday, 1 October 2013
Department of Social Protection
Social Welfare Benefits Data
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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347. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the mortgage interest supplement to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40555/13]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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348. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the supplementary welfare allowance to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40556/13]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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349. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the rent supplement to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40557/13]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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350. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the back to education allowance to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40558/13]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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351. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the farm assist to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40559/13]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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352. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the back to work enterprise to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40560/13]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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353. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the back to work allowance to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40561/13]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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354. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the family income supplement to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40562/13]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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355. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the guardian payment to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40563/13]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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356. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the widow's, widower's or surviving civil partners non-contributory pension to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40564/13]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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357. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the back to school clothing and footwear allowance to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40565/13]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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358. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the health and safety benefit to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40566/13]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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359. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the one parent family payment to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40567/13]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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360. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the maternity benefit to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40568/13]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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361. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the State pension (non-contributory) to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40569/13]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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362. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the State pension (contributory) to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40570/13]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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363. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the respite care grant to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40571/13]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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364. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the carer's benefit to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40572/13]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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365. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the carer's allowance to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40573/13]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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366. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40574/13]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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367. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the disablement benefit to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40575/13]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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368. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the jobseeker's benefit to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40576/13]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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369. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the child benefit to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40577/13]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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370. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the disability allowance to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40578/13]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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371. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the illness benefit to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40579/13]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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372. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the invalidity pension to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40580/13]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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373. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the blind pension to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40581/13]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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374. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the injury benefit to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40582/13]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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375. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the household benefits allowance to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40583/13]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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376. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the fuel allowance to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40584/13]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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377. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form on a county basis the total number of persons in receipt of the free travel allowance to date in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40585/13]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 347 to 377, inclusive, together.
With regard to the information requested by the Deputy, a county level breakdown of Social Welfare recipients is collated by my Department annually for inclusion in the Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services report which is laid before the Dáil when published and copies lodged in the Oireachtas library. Furthermore these reports are available to the public at www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Annual-Statistical-Information-Reports.aspx. However, I enclose for the Deputy’s information, in tabular format, the total number of recipients in each of the schemes referred as at 31 August 2013.
Number of Social Welfare Recipients at 31 August 2013
Scheme | Recipients |
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State Pension (Non-Contributory) | 95,691 |
State Pension (Contributory) | 324,030 |
One Parent Family Payment | 80,823 |
Widow/er's or Surviving Civil Partner's Non-Contributory Pension | 1,859 |
Basic Supplementary Welfare Allowance | 27,425 |
Farm Assist | 10,601 |
Jobseeker's Benefit | 72,694 |
Maternity Benefit | 21,736 |
Health &Safety Benefit | 56 |
Back to Education Allowance | 5,871 |
Back to Work Allowance | 13 |
Back to Work Enterprise Allowance | 10,377 |
Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance | 156,309 |
Disability Allowance | 103,573 |
Blind Pension | 1,415 |
Carer's Allowance | 56,568 |
Illness Benefit | 61,406 |
Injury Benefit | 783 |
Invalidity Pension | 52,383 |
Disablement Benefit | 14,191 |
Carer's Benefit | 1,663 |
Respite Care Grant | N/A |
Domiciliary Care Allowance (Families) | 25,325 |
Family Income Supplement | 41,391 |
Child Benefit (Families) | 606,608 |
Guardian's Payment(Non-Contributory) | 425 |
Guardian's Payment (Contributory) | 880 |
Rent Supplement | 82,462 |
Mortgage Interest Supplement | 11,271 |
Free Travel | 775,606 |
Household Benefits: | - |
Electricity | 363,747 |
Gas | 45,114 |
Telephone | 395,421 |
T.V. Licence | 412,396 |
Fuel Allowance | Information regarding the allowance's recipients is not segregated from the statistics of the schemes under which it is paid. |
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