Written answers
Tuesday, 20 March 2018
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Welfare Benefits Data
Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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978. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of adult dependants in receipt of a social welfare claim by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12633/18]
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The county breakdown requested by the Deputy is not readily available in my Department.
However, the total number of Live Register registrants benefitting from an increased payment for a qualified adult that were in payment at the end of January is as follows:
Number of persons on the Live Register in receipt of an adult dependant allowance in January 2018 | |
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County | Recipients with Adult Dependants |
Carlow | 803 |
Cavan | 852 |
Clare | 923 |
Cork | 3,334 |
Donegal | 2,425 |
Dublin | 9,093 |
Galway | 1,997 |
Kerry | 1,537 |
Kildare | 1,654 |
Kilkenny | 679 |
Laois | 1,086 |
Leitrim | 377 |
Limerick | 1,498 |
Longford | 683 |
Louth | 1,787 |
Mayo | 1,366 |
Meath | 1,051 |
Monaghan | 562 |
Offaly | 989 |
Roscommon | 504 |
Sligo | 454 |
Tipperary | 1,722 |
Waterford | 1,292 |
Westmeath | 1,168 |
Wexford | 2,349 |
Wicklow | 1,199 |
Total | 41,384 |
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