Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons on social welfare and in families that receive social welfare on a county basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47924/13]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The information requested by the Deputy is collated by the 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.

I am however informed that at the end of September 2013 there were 4,302 and 60,742 persons under the age of 26 in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit and jobseeker’s allowance respectively. I also attach for the Deputy’s information a tabular statement detailing the number of children for whom an increase is paid to the recipient of a social welfare scheme or a payment is made under a scheme where a qualifying condition is that the recipient only qualifies for payment where there is a dependent child.

Number of Child Dependents at end of September, 2013