Written answers
Tuesday, 11 April 2017
Department of Social Protection
Jobseeker's Allowance Data
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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384. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons receiving a reduced 25 year old rate and a reduced 18 to 24 year old rate of jobseekers allowance respectively in the most recent month available and the corresponding month one year previously. [18077/17]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the attached tabular statement.
Recipients of a reduced rate Jobseekers Allowance payment by age and rate at the end of March in each of the years 2016 and 2017.
March 2016 | March 2017 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | €100 | €144 | Total | €100 | €144 | Total |
| 18 | 2,551 | 2 | 2,553 | 1,866 | 3 | 1,869 |
| 19 | 4,134 | 4 | 4,138 | 3,246 | 5 | 3,251 |
| 20 | 4,067 | 7 | 4,074 | 3,432 | 5 | 3,437 |
| 21 | 3,897 | 6 | 3,903 | 3,072 | 8 | 3,080 |
| 22 | 3,745 | 35 | 3,780 | 2,966 | 15 | 2,981 |
| 23 | 3,677 | 60 | 3,737 | 3,022 | 30 | 3,052 |
| 24 | 1,832 | 1,845 | 3,677 | 2,771 | 43 | 2,814 |
| 25 | 2 | 2,957 | 2,959 | 163 | 2,790 | 2,953 |
| Grand Total | 23,905 | 4,916 | 28,821 | 20,538 | 2,899 | 23,437 |
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