Michelle Mulherin (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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181. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the State pension non-contributory and the State pension contributory for each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28374/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The information requested by the Deputy is published annually by my Department in the “Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services” report. The reports for years 2005 to 2013 are available at or through the Oireachtas library. The corresponding data for 2014 are currently being collated by my Department, and will be published in the 2014 report as soon as they are finalised.

I am informed however that at the end of December 2014 there were 95,570 and 346,420 persons in receipt of the State Pension (Non-Contributory) and the State Pension (Contributory) respectively.