Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form by county and by month, the number of applications for the one-parent family payment received to date in 2015; the number of these applications that have been determined; which have yet to be processed; the average times for a decision to be made with respect to applications submitted for each of these months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26522/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The information requested by the Deputy relating to the total number of applications for one-parent family payment (OFP) registered in 2015 which have been determined and the total number which have yet to be processed are set out in a table. The average times to award a claim in respect of claims awarded in each month is also set out.

This level of detail is not available on a county basis, however, I am informed that during the period 1 January to 31 May 2015 a total of 4,727 new applications for OFP was received in the various Social Welfare Local Offices throughout the country. A breakdown of this number by county and month together with the overall monthly performance statistics relating to this scheme are detailed in attached tabular statements. It should be noted that this data relates to claims processed in offices located within the counties shown. The addresses of the claimants may not be within the same county borders.

It should be noted that the county level statistics indicate the number of people registering OFP claims at an office located in the county indicated. As the catchment area of many local offices cross county borders this data is not equivalent to the number of people residing in each county who claimed OFP.

One-Parent Family Payment Claims registered by County and Month.

One-Parent Family Payment Claims Activity 1 January to 31 May 2015