Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Independent)
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136. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form, the number of individuals resident in the State and in receipt of UK state pensions for each of the following years, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, based on information provided to her Department by the UK Department for Work and Pensions. [34383/14]

Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Independent)
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137. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form, an analysis of the gross value of UK state pensions received by residents here for each of the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, based on information provided to the Department by the UK Department for Work and Pensions. [34384/14]

Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Independent)
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138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form, the number of individuals resident by county and in receipt of UK state pensions for 2012 and 2013, based on information provided to the Department by the UK Department for Work and Pensions. [34385/14]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 136 to 138, inclusive, together.

Under a Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of Social Protection (DSP) and the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) in the UK, the DSP has received information from the DWP regarding their clients, with addresses in the Republic of Ireland, who are in receipt of United Kingdom welfare payments.

This information is used solely to identify mutual customers, that is, persons in receipt of a UK welfare payment who are also in receipt of a “top-up” Irish non-contributory welfare payment. Under the Memorandum of Understanding information is only maintained on mutual customers. As a result the information requested by the Deputy on the total number of individuals resident in the State and in receipt of UK State Pensions for each of the following years, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, along with an analysis of the gross value of UK State Pension for those years and county details for 2012 and 2013 is not available to the Department.

According to the DWP website the following are the number of DWP clients with addresses in the Republic of Ireland who are in receipt of UK welfare payments.

Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Independent)
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139. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form, the number of individuals resident in the State and in receipt of US social security pensions for each of the years, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, based on information requested from or provided by the US social security system. [34386/14]

Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Independent)
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140. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form, the number of individuals resident in the State and in receipt of state social security pensions from other EU members, Australia and Canada for 2011, 2012 and 2013 based on information, provided by or requested from the social security authorities of those other states. [34387/14]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 139 and 140 together.

The information requested by the Deputy is not available to my Department. Details of an individual’s income and assets (including any state pensions they may receive from other countries) are only required by my Department where that person makes an application for a social assistance scheme for which a means test must be satisfied.