Written answers
Tuesday, 7 November 2017
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Welfare Benefits Data
John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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1193. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons receiving jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit by age and gender in tabular form. [45838/17]
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the following tables:
Recipients of Jobseeker’s Allowance and Jobseeker’s Benefit (including casual claimants) by age and sex at the end of September 2017
| Jobseeker's Allowance | Jobseeker's Benefit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Male | Female | Grand Total | Male | Female | Grand Total |
| 18 | 1,007 | 792 | 1,799 | |||
| 19 | 1,704 | 1,408 | 3,112 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 20 | 1,945 | 1,500 | 3,445 | 19 | 18 | 37 |
| 21 | 1,904 | 1,374 | 3,278 | 83 | 67 | 150 |
| 22 | 2,037 | 1,355 | 3,392 | 176 | 158 | 334 |
| 23 | 2,037 | 1,258 | 3,295 | 257 | 203 | 460 |
| 24 | 2,006 | 1,284 | 3,290 | 282 | 266 | 548 |
| 25 | 2,356 | 1,566 | 3,922 | 323 | 272 | 595 |
| 26 | 2,883 | 1,866 | 4,749 | 302 | 293 | 595 |
| 27 | 3,082 | 2,029 | 5,111 | 297 | 294 | 591 |
| 28 | 2,869 | 2,083 | 4,952 | 287 | 324 | 611 |
| 29 | 2,918 | 2,157 | 5,075 | 293 | 371 | 664 |
| 30 | 2,878 | 2,126 | 5,004 | 311 | 397 | 708 |
| 31 | 2,943 | 2,180 | 5,123 | 360 | 443 | 803 |
| 32 | 2,806 | 2,123 | 4,929 | 390 | 442 | 832 |
| 33 | 2,773 | 2,146 | 4,919 | 387 | 502 | 889 |
| 34 | 2,827 | 2,154 | 4,981 | 397 | 521 | 918 |
| 35 | 2,835 | 2,178 | 5,013 | 412 | 557 | 969 |
| 36 | 2,840 | 2,108 | 4,948 | 373 | 541 | 914 |
| 37 | 2,828 | 2,097 | 4,925 | 459 | 529 | 988 |
| 38 | 2,649 | 2,110 | 4,759 | 405 | 478 | 883 |
| 39 | 2,637 | 1,949 | 4,586 | 370 | 477 | 847 |
| 40 | 2,581 | 1,864 | 4,445 | 334 | 461 | 795 |
| 41 | 2,610 | 1,953 | 4,563 | 403 | 380 | 783 |
| 42 | 2,610 | 1,897 | 4,507 | 349 | 415 | 764 |
| 43 | 2,579 | 1,964 | 4,543 | 353 | 393 | 746 |
| 44 | 2,588 | 1,870 | 4,458 | 357 | 357 | 714 |
| 45 | 2,515 | 1,894 | 4,409 | 326 | 356 | 682 |
| 46 | 2,545 | 1,788 | 4,333 | 333 | 332 | 665 |
| 47 | 2,562 | 1,827 | 4,389 | 300 | 307 | 607 |
| 48 | 2,511 | 1,686 | 4,197 | 309 | 297 | 606 |
| 49 | 2,293 | 1,601 | 3,894 | 324 | 311 | 635 |
| 50 | 2,343 | 1,532 | 3,875 | 316 | 329 | 645 |
Recipients of Jobseeker’s Allowance and Jobseeker’s Benefit (including casual claimants) by age and sex at the end of September 2017
| Jobseeker's Allowance | Jobseeker's Benefit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Male | Female | Grand Total | Male | Female | Grand Total |
| 51 | 2,299 | 1,435 | 3,734 | 252 | 309 | 561 |
| 52 | 2,249 | 1,334 | 3,583 | 255 | 313 | 568 |
| 53 | 2,188 | 1,345 | 3,533 | 291 | 290 | 581 |
| 54 | 2,196 | 1,256 | 3,452 | 247 | 320 | 567 |
| 55 | 2,092 | 1,126 | 3,218 | 229 | 263 | 492 |
| 56 | 1,963 | 1,062 | 3,025 | 233 | 299 | 532 |
| 57 | 1,768 | 1,057 | 2,825 | 246 | 272 | 518 |
| 58 | 1,773 | 962 | 2,735 | 271 | 263 | 534 |
| 59 | 1,749 | 927 | 2,676 | 249 | 281 | 530 |
| 60 | 1,695 | 823 | 2,518 | 309 | 339 | 648 |
| 61 | 1,633 | 767 | 2,400 | 256 | 240 | 496 |
| 62 | 1,783 | 828 | 2,611 | 272 | 254 | 526 |
| 63 | 1,987 | 885 | 2,872 | 245 | 265 | 510 |
| 64 | 2,135 | 892 | 3,027 | 230 | 251 | 481 |
| 65 | 1,954 | 805 | 2,759 | 1,261 | 1,436 | 2,697 |
| 66 | 29 | 15 | 44 | 30 | 32 | 62 |
| Grand Total | 111,994 | 75,238 | 187,232 | 14,769 | 16,519 | 31,288 |
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