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Tuesday, 13 December 2016

Department of Social Protection

Supplementary Welfare Allowance Data

Photo of Michael FitzmauriceMichael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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331. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of the supplementary welfare allowance, jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit, broken down by the recipients' age, gender, ethnic background and-or nationality, and the length of time for which they have been in continuous receipt of a social protection payment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40008/16]

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The following table shows jobseeker's allowance recipients as at the end of November 2016:

Age Bands by SexDuration
<3mths3-6mths6-12mths1-2yrs2-3yrs>3yrsGrand Total
Under 2559613082537450312411287124730
M36511840315229091471170014723
W2310124222222122940117110007
25-29386723394357480627601009828227
M23921394256828381610589016692
W1475945178919681150420811535
30-34291819954234493230911231029480
M17161169241728291836708417051
W1202826181721031255522612429
35-39254617063537468728981262427998
M1575999201626771699752016486
W971707152120101199510411512
40-44206914243021417428291259826115
M1259871174322911641762515430
W810553127818831188497310685
45-49188512482786391426141186524312
M1156731169721121470745214618
W72951710891802114444139694
50-54153910562305335223661030220920
M975622139118801364694213174
W5644349141472100233607746
55-591152810171723311828858416422
M737516103913691077598910727
W41529467896275125955695
60-64612476107517711590929814822
M42529472211581016666910284
W18718235361357426294538
65 & over545312825929018672651
M40429218319313671917
W1411367697500734
Grand Total226031418928534352572267792417215677

Jobseeker's Allowance Recipients as at end of November 2016

NationalityNumber of Recipients
AFGHANISTAN174
ALGERIA151
ANGOLA103
BRAZIL215
BULGARIA204
CHINA101
CONGO207
CROATIA147
CZECH REPUBLIC595
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO212
ENGLAND1787
ESTONIA257
FRANCE279
GERMANY450
GHANA129
HUNGARY590
IRAN115
IRAQ129
IRELAND177329
ITALY371
LATVIA2221
LITHUANIA3737
MOLDOVA121
NETHERLANDS224
NIGERIA1289
Other2057
PAKISTAN256
PHILIPPINES117
POLAND9430
PORTUGAL280
ROMANIA2262
RUSSIA126
SCOTLAND229
SLOVAKIA1053
SOMALIA250
SOUTH AFRICA215
SPAIN289
SUDAN125
SYRIA164
UKRAINE175
UNITED KINGDOM7112
USA277
ZIMBABWE123
Grand Total215677
N.B. Nationalities with under 100 recipients respectively have been collated together as “Other”

Jobseeker's Benefit Recipients as at end November 2016

Age Bands by SexDuration
<3mths3-6mths6-12mths1-2yrs2yrs>3yrsGrand Total
Under 25855384231231493
M4452051036759
W41017912817734
25-291675780739117953325
M82137129241321530
W85440944776631795
30-342228108913472232934919
M1046489524671312140
W11826008231561622779
35-3921561079158130024105150
M1059461664109742304
W10976189171911762846
40-44180395013542562874398
M9594686571091442211
W8444826971471432187
45-491570750116323828113760
M8463925931051261954
W7243585701331651806
50-541411737107828434113555
M717378517941921727
W6943595611901591828
55-591301588102424031113195
M6232975061031311543
W67829151813718101652
60-64111451510002092292869
M5532454521001061366
W5612705481091231503
65 & over708508122720572655
M32624156310231235
W38226766410341420
Grand Total1482173801074420952126735319

Jobseeker's Benefit Recipients as at end November 2016

NationalityNumber of Recipients
CZECH REPUBLIC106
ENGLAND225
FRANCE117
GERMANY107
HUNGARY142
IRELAND29066
ITALY143
LATVIA342
LITHUANIA692
Other780
POLAND2196
ROMANIA255
SLOVAKIA228
SPAIN130
UNITED KINGDOM790
Grand Total35319
N.B. Nationalities with under 100 recipients respectively have been collated together as “Other”.

Supplementary Welfare Allowance (Basic Payments) Recipients as at end November 2016

Age Bands by SexDuration
<3m3-6m6m-1y1-2y2-3y3-4y4-5y5y+Grand Total
Under 25105842638329778291042285
M5442252121884320611239
W514201171109359431046
25-298383743673661184822262159
M458217234253703016191297
W380157133113481867862
30-347793934444481476025682364
M438217257289874213481391
W34117618715960181220973
35-397893483943881507342772261
M433191243235854229431301
W35615715115365311334960
40-446863503953661497534712126
M391196226207895416511230
W29515416915960211820896
45-495982873833091254939631853
M31715619315568312238980
W28113119015457181725873
50-545452683342961245427751723
M28414117512751231444859
W26112715916973311331864
55-594172562382181054223541353
M23713612210556251329723
W18012011611349171025630
60-6422813414914254342846815
M13291727329191517448
W9643776925151329367
65+1665944341113217346
M1123927215829223
W54201713658123
Grand Total6104289531312864106147725250117285

N.B. Nationalities with under 100 recipients respectively have been collated together as “Other”.

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