Written answers
Tuesday, 26 March 2019
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Welfare Benefits Data
John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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1270. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons aged from 18 to 25 years of age in receipt of a jobseeker's payment. [13423/19]
John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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1274. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons aged from 18 to 25 years of age who are engaged in job activation schemes in tabular form. [13427/19]
John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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1276. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons aged from 18 to 25 years of age who are in receipt of the back to education allowance. [13429/19]
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1270, 1274 and 1276 together.
The information requested by the Deputy is provided in tabular form. The figures supplied refer to February 2019.
Age | Jobseeker's Allowance | Jobseeker's Benefit | Back to Education Allowance |
---|---|---|---|
18 | 1518 | - | 24 |
19 | 2332 | 13 | 105 |
20 | 2562 | 67 | 195 |
21 | 2438 | 222 | 320 |
22 | 2415 | 343 | 332 |
23 | 2395 | 556 | 356 |
24 | 2309 | 666 | 349 |
25 | 2788 | 713 | 442 |
Activation Programmes
Age | Back to Work schemes | Part-time Job Incentive | TÚS | Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme | Community Employment Schemes* | SOLAS full-time training for the unemployed | Youth Employment Support Scheme |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
18 | - | - | - | 8 | 30 | 423 | 9 |
19 | - | - | 30 | 29 | 69 | 410 | 23 |
20 | 1 | - | 104 | 39 | 92 | 335 | 25 |
21 | 2 | - | 109 | 127 | 176 | 230 | 20 |
22 | 10 | - | 130 | 97 | 234 | 190 | 19 |
23 | 16 | 1 | 105 | 93 | 276 | 161 | 14 |
24 | 22 | - | 111 | 85 | 287 | 174 | 14 |
25 | 28 | 1 | 56 | 70 | 287 | 147 | 1 |
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