Written answers
Tuesday, 30 May 2017
Department of Social Protection
Family Income Supplement Data
Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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271. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of companies with more than 100, 500, 1,000, 5,000, 7,000 and 10,000 employees, respectively, that employ persons who receive the family income support payment to date in 2017 in tabular form. [25378/17]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The Department does not keep details of the number of employees per company based on company size as requested in your question, so the information requested by the Deputy is not available. There are currently 57,090 customers in receipt of Family Income Supplement.
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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272. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the family income support payment by industry to date in 2017 in tabular form. [25379/17]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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When processing applications for Family Income Supplement (FIS), my Department records the applicant’s occupation but not the sector of industry in which the applicant works, so the information requested by the Deputy is not available.
The accuracy of the information recorded in respect of occupation is dependent on the information provided by the customer in their application.
Where there is a joint application for FIS, It is the occupation of the primary applicant which is recorded.
The following table gives a breakdown of occupations for customers currently in receipt of FIS:
| Major Occupation Groupings | Number | % |
|---|---|---|
| Personal and Protective Service Occupations | 13,186 | 23.10 |
| Plant and Machine Operatives | 11,226 | 19.66 |
| Sales Occupations | 9,161 | 16.05 |
| Clerical and Secretarial Occupations | 7,427 | 13.01 |
| Craft and Related Occupations | 7,013 | 12.28 |
| Managers and Administrators | 4,072 | 7.13 |
| Other Occupations | 2,567 | 4.50 |
| Professional Occupations | 1,340 | 2.35 |
| Associate Professional and Technical Occupations | 1,098 | 1.92 |
| Grand Total | 57,090 | 100.00 |
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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273. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the family income support payment by county to date in 2017 in tabular form. [25380/17]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The following table sets out the number of persons in receipt of the family income support payment by county to date in 2017:
| County | 2017 to Date |
|---|---|
| CARLOW | 954 |
| CAVAN | 1,268 |
| CLARE | 1,288 |
| CORK | 6,025 |
| DONEGAL | 2,708 |
| DUBLIN | 13,462 |
| GALWAY | 2,714 |
| KERRY | 1,720 |
| KILDARE | 2,356 |
| KILKENNY | 979 |
| LAOIS | 1,059 |
| LEITRIM | 365 |
| LIMERICK | 2,467 |
| LONGFORD | 771 |
| LOUTH | 2,185 |
| MAYO | 1,590 |
| MEATH | 2,293 |
| MONAGHAN | 1,115 |
| OFFALY | 1,085 |
| ROSCOMMON | 703 |
| SLIGO | 757 |
| TIPPERARY | 2,168 |
| WATERFORD | 1,824 |
| WESTMEATH | 1,247 |
| WEXFORD | 2,393 |
| WICKLOW | 1,478 |
| OTHER | 116 |
| Total | 57,090 |
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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274. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the family income support payment by age group to date in 2017 in tabular form. [25381/17]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The following table sets out the age profile of recipients of Family Income Supplement (FIS) to date in 2017:
| Table | Number of Recipients of Family Income Supplement by Age, 2017 |
|---|---|
| Age | Total |
| 15 years | 0 |
| 16 years | 0 |
| 17 years | 0 |
| 18 years | 0 |
| 19 years | 3 |
| 20 years | 20 |
| 21 years | 56 |
| 22 years | 102 |
| 23 years | 244 |
| 24 years | 385 |
| 25 to 29 years | 4,504 |
| 30 to 34 years | 9,758 |
| 35 to 39 years | 13,842 |
| 40 to 44 years | 12,554 |
| 45 to 49 years | 9,237 |
| 50 to 54 years | 4,694 |
| 55 to 59 years | 1,415 |
| 60 to 64 years | 245 |
| 65 years | 15 |
| 66 to 69 years | 17 |
| 70 to 74 years | 0 |
| 75 to 79 years | 0 |
| 80 years and over | 0 |
| Total | 57,090 |
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
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