Written answers
Wednesday, 28 February 2018
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Welfare Schemes Data
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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222. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of full-rate qualified child increases and half-rate qualified child increases respectively in payment at the end of 2017 to persons in receipt of payments (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10320/18]
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The information requested is shown in the following table. The age breakdown mentioned in the Deputy’s clarification of this question will be supplied by my officials as soon as possible in answer to the Deputy’s related question (9332-18).
Number of qualified child increases paid to recipients of Weekly Social Welfare Payments, December 2017
Scheme | Full Rate | Half Rate | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Pension (Non-Contributory) | 473 | 112 | 0 |
| State Pension (Contributory) | 1,257 | 729 | 0 |
| Widow/er's or Surviving Civil Partner's Contributory Pension | 10,908 | 0 | |
| Supplementary Welfare Allowance | 8,520 | 0 | |
| Maternity Benefit | 758 | 155 | 0 |
| Rural Social Scheme | 1,504 | 523 | 0 |
| TUS - Community Work Placement | 2,190 | 2,073 | |
| Back To Work Enterprise Allowance | 6,489 | 1,921 | |
| Back To Education Allowance(3) | 4,327 | 1,100 | 0 |
| Partial Capacity Benefit | 396 | 394 | 0 |
| Disability Allowance | 29,028 | 10,945 | 0 |
| Carer's Allowance | 3,910 | 40,942 | 0 |
| Illness Benefit | 7,910 | 6,603 | 0 |
| Interim Illness Benefit | 105 | 50 | 0 |
| Injury Benefit | 176 | 120 | 0 |
| Invalidity Pension | 5,630 | 7,944 | 0 |
| Working Family Payment | 129,274 |
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