Written answers
Thursday, 21 September 2017
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Welfare Benefits Data
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of social welfare payments in which a qualified child increase payment is also paid in respect of children in the household; the number of children to whom this payment is paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39959/17]
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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At the end of July there were a total of almost 2 million recipients of a payment from my Department benefitting over 1.7 million children. A detailed breakdown by scheme (where available) is attached for the Deputy’s information.
Number of Recipients and Children benefitting from a Social Welfare payment at 31 July 2017
Scheme | Recipients | Full Rate Qualified Child Increase | Half Rate Qualified Child Increase | Other Children |
---|---|---|---|---|
State Pension (Non-Contributory) | 94,842 | 431 | 113 | |
State Pension (Contributory) | 388,377 | 1,146 | 686 | |
Widow/er's or Surviving Civil Partner's Contributory Pension | 121,085 | 10,579 | ||
Jobseeker's Allowance | 204,645 | 109,575 | 25,385 | |
One Parent Family Payment | 39,651 | 72,072 | ||
Supplementary Welfare Allowance | 17,754 | 8,657 | ||
Farm Assist | 7,380 | 4,389 | 1,399 | |
Pre-Retirement Allowance | 278 | 2 | ||
Jobseeker's Benefit | 42,338 | 4,716 | 3,484 | |
Maternity Benefit | 19,360 | 735 | 143 | |
Adoptive Benefit | 13 | 2 | ||
Health and Safety Benefit | 46 | 7 | 7 | |
Rural Social Scheme | 2,656 | 1,355 | 504 | |
TUS - Community Work Placement | 6,649 | 2,338 | 2,110 | |
Back To Work Enterprise Allowance | 10,457 | 7,093 | 1,982 | |
JobBridge National Internship Scheme | 267 | 54 | 14 | |
Back To Education Allowance | 1,152 | 801 | 80 | |
Gateway | 183 | 55 | 33 | |
Partial Capacity Benefit | 2,093 | 365 | 353 | |
Disability Allowance | 131,133 | 27,552 | 10,585 | |
Carer's Allowance | 73,935 | 3,726 | 39,170 | |
Domiciliary Care | 33,228 | 36,085 | ||
Illness Benefit | 55,240 | 8,071 | 6,860 | |
Interim Illness Benefit | 395 | 76 | 36 | |
Injury Benefit | 1,107 | 167 | 108 | |
Invalidity Pension | 56,935 | 5,216 | 7,635 | |
Family Income Supplement | 56,975 | 126,818 | ||
Child Benefit | 619,880 | 1,184,240 | ||
Grand Total | 1,988,054 | 269,180 | 100,687 | 1,347,143 |
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of disability allowance, carers benefit, full rate and half rate, carers allowance, illness benefit, blind pension and invalidity pension, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39960/17]
Finian McGrath (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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The number of persons in receipt of each of the schemes at the end of August 2017 are outlined in the following table:
Scheme | Total Recipients | Full Rate | Half Rate |
---|---|---|---|
Disability Allowance | 131,790 | n/a | n/a |
Carers Benefit | 2,708 | n/a | n/a |
Carers Allowance | 74,219 | 41,340 | 32,880 |
Illness Benefit | 54,425 | n/a | n/a |
Blind Pension | 1,242 | n/a | n/a |
Invalidity Pension | 57,021 | n/a | n/a |
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
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