Written answers
Tuesday, 27 March 2018
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Welfare Payments Administration
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average processing time for all social welfare payments in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13756/18]
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the attached in the following tabular statement.
| Average Weeks to Award | Feb-18 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Pension Contributory | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| State Pension Non-Contributory | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 12 |
| Jobseeker's Benefit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Jobseeker's Allowance | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| One-Parent Family Payment | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 |
| Widow(er)'s Contributory Pension | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Disability Allowance | 15 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 19 |
| Illness Benefit | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Invalidity Pension | 6 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 51 | 35 |
| Carer's Allowance | 18 | 14 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 30 | 25 |
| Child Benefit | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Working Family Payment | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| Household Benefits | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Free Travel | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Domiciliary Care Allowance | 10 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 6 |
| Supplementary Welfare Allowance | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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