Written answers
Tuesday, 27 June 2017
Department of Social Protection
Social Welfare Payments Administration
John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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577. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of a social welfare payment, by county. [30047/17]
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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As of the end of April 2017 there were over 3.12 million social welfare scheme claims in payment.
Please note that this figure does not represent the number of individual people receiving a payment as a person may be in receipt of multiple payments such as Child Benefit, Household Benefits Package and Free Travel.
A breakdown of this number is detailed by county, as requested by the Deputy, in the tabular statement.
Recipients of a social welfare payment at the end of April 2017
| County | Recipients |
|---|---|
| Carlow | 44,288 |
| Cavan | 50,888 |
| Clare | 76,220 |
| Cork | 342,746 |
| Donegal | 111,918 |
| Dublin | 789,886 |
| Galway | 160,718 |
| Kerry | 96,621 |
| Kildare | 143,143 |
| Kilkenny | 59,312 |
| Laois | 53,933 |
| Leitrim | 22,897 |
| Limerick | 131,182 |
| Longford | 31,038 |
| Louth | 94,375 |
| Mayo | 88,636 |
| Meath | 123,234 |
| Monaghan | 40,543 |
| Offaly | 53,299 |
| Roscommon | 40,553 |
| Sligo | 43,466 |
| Tipperary | 112,844 |
| Waterford | 83,380 |
| Westmeath | 63,016 |
| Wexford | 108,333 |
| Wicklow | 96,028 |
| Others | 61,693 |
| Total | 3,124,190 |
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