Written answers
Tuesday, 23 January 2018
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Welfare Benefits Data
Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of welfare payments by scheme type; the number of related qualified child increases by scheme type, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3036/18]
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The information requested (where available) by the Deputy is detailed in the tabular statement.
Recipients of principal social welfare payments and the number of qualified child increases in payment at the end of December 2017.
| - | Qualified Children Increases | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of Payment | Recipients | Full Rate | Half Rate(1) | Other Children |
| State Pension (Non-Contributory) | 95,140 | 3,212 | 473 | |
| State Pension (Contributory) | 394,378 | 66,256 | 1,257 | |
| Widow/er's or Surviving Civil Partner's Contributory Pension | 121,091 | 10,908 | ||
| Jobseeker's Allowance | 184,310 | 78,161 | 22,645 | |
| One Parent Family Payment | 39,310 | 71,739 | ||
| Supplementary Welfare Allowance | 17,933 | 8,520 | ||
| Farm Assist | 7,234 | 4,308 | 1,333 | |
| Pre-Retirement Allowance | 171 | |||
| Jobseeker's Benefit | 35,463 | 4,332 | 3,275 | |
| Maternity Benefit | 21,548 | 758 | 155 | |
| Adoptive Benefit | 10 | |||
| Health and Safety Benefit | 45 | 9 | 3 | |
| Rural Social Scheme | 2,850 | 1,504 | 523 | |
| TUS - Community Work Placement | 6,256 | 2,190 | 2,073 | |
| Back To Work Enterprise Allowance | 9,655 | 6,489 | 1,921 | |
| JobBridge National Internship Scheme | 29 | 4 | ||
| Back To Education Allowance | 10,916 | 4,327 | 1,100 | |
| Part-Time Job Incentive Scheme | 418 | |||
| Gateway | 50 | 16 | 6 | |
| Wage Subsidy Scheme | 2,669 | |||
| Partial Capacity Benefit | 2,324 | 396 | 394 | |
| Disability Allowance | 133,929 | 29,028 | 10,945 | |
| Carer's Allowance | 75,264 | 3,910 | 40,942 | |
| Illness Benefit | 52,809 | 7,910 | 6,603 | |
| Interim Illness Benefit | 511 | 105 | 50 | |
| Injury Benefit | 1,085 | 176 | 120 | |
| Invalidity Pension | 57,504 | 5,630 | 7,944 | |
| Carer's Benefit | 2,762 | |||
| Family Income Supplement( | 57,745 | 129,274 | ||
| Child Benefit | 624,670 | 1,197,866 | ||
| Domiciliary Care Allowance | 35,584 | 38,846 |
(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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