Written answers
Tuesday, 24 June 2014
Department of Social Protection
Social Welfare Benefits Data
Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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272. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons receiving disability allowance, illness benefit and invalidity pension this year, and every year since 1994, broken down by benefit category; the total number of persons in receipt of one or more of these allowances each year; and the total cost to the Exchequer for each of these years. [26734/14]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the tabular statement.
| Year | Disability Allowance | Disability Allowance | Invalidity Pension | Invalidity Pension | Illness Benefit | Illness Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Recipients | Expenditure €000 | Recipients | Expenditure €000 | Recipients | Expenditure €000 |
| 1994 | - | - | 40,226 | 217,335 | 41,869 | 210,029 |
| 1995 | - | 60,947 | 42,092 | 224,052 | 41,830 | 212,651 |
| 1996 | 37,054 | 157,533 | 43,046 | 241,034 | 42,460 | 212,596 |
| 1997 | 43,192 | 192,822 | 43,633 | 253,023 | 43,500 | 228,439 |
| 1998 | 47,126 | 219,550 | 44,925 | 264,259 | 43,766 | 241,437 |
| 1999 | 50,431 | 245,160 | 46,946 | 279,576 | 45,535 | 262,702 |
| 2000 | 54,303 | 279,176 | 48,663 | 311,511 | 46,940 | 280,828 |
| 2001 | 57,655 | 332,308 | 50,615 | 354,459 | 50,715 | 329,897 |
| 2002 | 62,783 | 407,585 | 52,147 | 403,617 | 54,590 | 385,297 |
| 2003 | 67,720 | 463,608 | 53,414 | 440,263 | 57,464 | 433,455 |
| 2004 | 72,976 | 544,489 | 55,864 | 487,375 | 58,726 | 479,611 |
| 2005 | 79,253 | 630,728 | 58,352 | 548,285 | 61,845 | 540,245 |
| 2006 | 83,697 | 738,431 | 51,954 | 602,414 | 65,774 | 627,642 |
| 2007 | 89,048 | 901,131 | 53,956 | 618,133 | 70,404 | 755,077 |
| 2008 | 95,754 | 1,052,660 | 53,725 | 685,717 | 73,609 | 852,305 |
| 2009 | 99,576 | 1,142,769 | 52,922 | 681,642 | 77,665 | 919,783 |
| 2010 | 101,111 | 1,109,505 | 50,766 | 639,994 | 81,253 | 942,571 |
| 2011 | 102,866 | 1,089,178 | 49,792 | 606,502 | 73,397 | 875,549 |
| 2012 | 101,784 | 1,087,513 | 50,053 | 604,024 | 64,429 | 773,959 |
| 2013 | 106,279 | 1,140,916 | 53,196 | 707,769 | 58,990 | 648,938 |
| May 2014* | 108,274 | 498,161 | 53,342 | 281,735 | 58,468 | 259,019 |
Disability Allowance, formally Disabled Person's Maintenance Allowance, was administered by the Health Boards up to October, 1996 and statistics for this period are not available.
* Expenditure for the year to date in 2014 is estimated
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