Written answers
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Departmental Expenditure
Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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1537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure of her Department in each of the years 2013 to 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36038/17]
Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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1540. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the social welfare expenditure in each of the years 2013 to 2016, and to date in 2017, the number of each type of payment and the number of persons in receipt of each payment, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36041/17]
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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It is proposed to take Questions Nos. 1537 and 1540 together.
The information requested for 2013 and 2014 is available in the annual statistics reports at www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Statistical-Information-Reports---Archive.aspx
The information requested for the period to the end of 2015 is available at www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Annual-SWS-Statistical-Information-Report-2015.aspx
The annual statistics report for the period to the end of 2016 will be published before the end of August 2017. The data in terms of the number of recipients up to the end of June 2017 is set out in the table attached.
Data in respect of expenditure by scheme in respect of 2017 will be published in 2018.
Number of Recipients and Beneficiaries of Weekly Social Welfare Payments June 2017
| - | - | Qualified | Qualified Children | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of Payment | Recipients | Adults | Full Rate | Half Rate (1) | Other Children | Total Beneficiaries |
| State Pension (Non-Contributory) | 94,744 | 3,232 | 514 | 118 | 0 | 98,608 |
| State Pension (Contributory) | 386,925 | 66,936 | 1,400 | 836 | 0 | 456,097 |
| State Pension (Transition) | 58 | 14 | 72 | |||
| Widow/er's or Surviving Civil Partner's Contributory Pension | 121,054 | 11,834 | 0 | 132,888 | ||
| Death Benefit (OIB Widows) | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total Number of Recipients of Pensions | 602,781 | 70,182 | 13,748 | 954 | 0 | 687,665 |
| Jobseeker's Allowance | 204,952 | 46,195 | 110,213 | 25,492 | 0 | 386,852 |
| One Parent Family Payment | 39,909 | 72,428 | 0 | 112,337 | ||
| Widow/er's or Surviving Civil Partner's Non-Contributory Pension | 0 | n/a | ||||
| Deserted Wife's Allowance | 0 | n/a | ||||
| Supplementary Welfare Allowance (2) | 17,763 | 2,639 | 8,774 | 0 | 29,176 | |
| Farm Assist | 7,366 | 3,092 | 4,360 | 1,372 | 0 | 16,190 |
| Pre-Retirement Allowance | 317 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 388 | |
| Jobseeker's Benefit | 35,027 | 3,098 | 4,344 | 3,173 | 0 | 45,642 |
| Deserted Wife's Benefit | 0 | n/a | ||||
| Maternity Benefit | 19,199 | 294 | 714 | 155 | 0 | 20,362 |
| Adoptive Benefit | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | |
| Health and Safety Benefit | 44 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 61 |
| Total Number of Recipients of Working Age on Income Supports | 324,591 | 55,389 | 200,845 | 30,199 | 0 | 611,024 |
| Community Employment Programme | 20,774 | 5,780 | 7,486 | 5,576 | 0 | 39,616 |
| Rural Social Scheme | 2,633 | 1,036 | 1,330 | 500 | 0 | 5,499 |
| TUS - Community Work Placement | 6,728 | 1,629 | 2,385 | 2,133 | 12,875 | |
| Job Initiative | 346 | 0 | 346 | |||
| Back To Work Allowance Employee | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Back To Work Enterprise Allowance | ||||||
| - Self Employed First Year | 5,431 | 1,729 | 3,663 | 1,056 | 0 | 11,879 |
| - Self Employed Years 2 - 4 | 5,050 | 1,649 | 3,506 | 957 | 0 | 11,162 |
| JobBridge National Internship Scheme | 425 | 65 | 113 | 36 | 0 | 639 |
| Back To Education Allowance(3) | 1,458 | 153 | 926 | 89 | 0 | 2,626 |
| Part-Time Job Incentive Scheme | 390 | 54 | 16 | 0 | 460 | |
| Gateway | 211 | 49 | 70 | 38 | 368 | |
| Jobsplus | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Wage Subsidy Scheme | 2,594 | 0 | 2,594 | |||
| Partial Capacity Benefit | 2,081 | 211 | 364 | 355 | 0 | 3,011 |
| Total Number of Recipients of Working Age on Employment Supports | 48,121 | 12,355 | 19,859 | 10,740 | 0 | 91,075 |
| Disability Allowance | 130,290 | 13,935 | 28,637 | 10,972 | 0 | 183,834 |
| Blind Pension | 0 | n/a | ||||
| Carer's Allowance | 73,528 | 4,014 | 40,167 | 0 | 117,709 | |
| Illness Benefit | 53,705 | 4,427 | 7,848 | 6,893 | 0 | 72,873 |
| Interim Illness Benefit | 405 | 30 | 63 | 33 | 0 | 531 |
| Injury Benefit | 989 | 93 | 158 | 86 | 0 | 1,326 |
| Invalidity Pension | 56,724 | 6,982 | 5,797 | 8,617 | 0 | 78,120 |
| Disablement Benefit | 0 | |||||
| Carer's Benefit | 2,783 | 2,783 | ||||
| Total People with Disabilities | 318,424 | 25,467 | 46,517 | 66,768 | 0 | 457,176 |
| Family Income Supplement | 0 | |||||
| Guardian's Payment (Non-Contributory) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||
| Guardian's Payment (Contributory) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| Total Child Related Payments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rent Allowance | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 |
| Total Miscellaneous Payments | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 |
| Grand Total (4) & (5) | 1,293,995 | 163,393 | 280,969 | 108,661 | 0 | 1,847,018 |
| Comprising:- | ||||||
| Total Insurance | 679,008 | 82,087 | 31,646 | 19,437 | 0 | 813,782 |
| Total Assistance | 614,987 | 81,306 | 249,323 | 89,224 | 0 | 1,033,236 |
| (1) A Qualified Child increase is payable at half rate where a spouse living with a recipient is not a Qualified Adult. Each spouse may receive half the Qualified Child increase where both spouses are in receipt of a Social Welfare Payment. |
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| (2) Includes basic weekly payments only. |
| (3) Back to Education ISTS figures only. |
| (4) The total figures include a small element of double counting as some persons could be in receipt of more than one payment, the second of which might be, for example, Disablement Pension, Rent Allowance , Family Income Supplement and Half Rate Carers |
| (5) The totals for other children and beneficiaries are not directly comparable with reports prior to October 2009 as both the recipients and children are now being shown in respect of both Guardian's Payments. |
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