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Friday, 6 September 2019
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Blind Person's Pension Data
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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1859. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the blind pension at year end 2018, by gender and county. [36027/19]
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The number of persons in receipt of Blind Pension at end of 2018 was 1,174. The breakdown of gender and county are detailed below:
County | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 15 | 8 | 23 |
| Cavan | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| Clare | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| Cork | 49 | 44 | 93 |
| Donegal | 30 | 33 | 63 |
| Dublin | 157 | 158 | 315 |
| Galway | 44 | 24 | 68 |
| Kerry | 24 | 22 | 46 |
| Kildare | 21 | 10 | 31 |
| Kilkenny | 13 | 14 | 27 |
| Laois | 12 | 11 | 23 |
| Leitrim | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Limerick | 25 | 24 | 49 |
| Longford | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Louth | 27 | 15 | 42 |
| Mayo | 24 | 23 | 47 |
| Meath | 14 | 17 | 31 |
| Monaghan | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| Offaly | 12 | 15 | 27 |
| Roscommon | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Sligo | 14 | 24 | 38 |
| Tipperary | 25 | 21 | 46 |
| Waterford | 16 | 19 | 35 |
| Westmeath | 9 | 15 | 24 |
| Wexford | 22 | 30 | 52 |
| Wicklow | 18 | 11 | 29 |
| Total | 614 | 560 | 1174 |
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