Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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248. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of recipients of non-contributory old age pension; the degree to which this number has fluctuated in the past six years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42163/14]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The number of recipients of State pension non-contributory (SPNC) is contained in the Department’s Annual Statistical Information Report which is published on the Department’s website on the following link:.

Section B of the report contains statistical information in relation to pensions and Table B3 outlines the information requested by the Deputy from 2004 - ­2013.

In 2007 there were 97,726 in receipt of SPNC. This has declined slightly over the last six years and at the end of 2013 there were 95,801 recipients of SPNC.