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Thursday, 3 October 2019

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Social Welfare Overpayments

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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344. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1808 to 1810, inclusive, of 6 September 2019 in respect of large debts owed to her Department from customers, if the figures can be further broken down in respect of the number of cases; the amount outstanding in respect of which payment arrangements are in place; the number and value of cases in which no pay arrangements are in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40263/19]

Photo of Regina DohertyRegina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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A breakdown of the cases which are repaying and not repaying by scheme area and by the year in which the overpayment was raised is set out in tables 1 and 2 respectively. 

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Table 1 - Outstanding customer debts – value outstanding over €10,000 by scheme area – as at end August 2019

Scheme  Repaying  Repaying  Not Repaying  Not Repaying  Total Total 
No. of cases Value Outstanding at end August 2019 No. of cases Value Outstanding at end August 2019 No. of cases Value Outstanding at end August 2019 
Jobseekers Allowance 1,565 €42,192,936 1,526 €42,306,087 3,091 €84,499,023 
One Parent Family Payment 1,284 €35,991,554 1,513 €35,356,666 2,797 €71,348,220 
Disability Allowance 568 €16,094,691 500 €16,923,983 1,068 €33,018,675 
State Pension Non-Con 294 €8,737,633 741 €31,538,568 1,035 €40,276,201 
Carers Allowance 506 €14,198,147 292 €8,243,575 798 €22,441,722 
State Pension Contributory 182 €4,707,141 251 €7,579,804 433 €12,286,945 
Child Benefit 90 €1,549,483 291 €5,089,970 381 €6,639,453 
Illness Benefit 189 €4,417,484 110 €2,283,605 299 €6,701,090 
Invalidity Pension 196 €5,520,233 99 €2,583,284 295 €8,103,518 
Widow(er)s Pension Con 150 €5,290,154 89 €3,070,193 239 €8,360,348 
Basic Supplement Welfare 85 €1,802,083 128 €2,765,346 213 €4,567,429 
Rent Supplement 76 €1,638,163 94 €2,242,607 170 €3,880,770 
Deserted Wife's Benefit 87 €4,017,317 55 €2,274,517 142 €6,291,834 
Farm Assist 71 €2,376,896 56 €1,662,919 127 €4,039,815 
Family Income Supplement 65 €1,320,085 55 €1,154,737 120 €2,474,823 
Widows Non Contributory Pension 38 €1,066,345 37 €929,899 75 €1,996,245 
Jobseekers Benefit 18 €293,696 55 €825,807 73 €1,119,503 
Pre-retirement Allowance 25 €585,655 26 €504,960.45 51 €1,090,616.02 
Back To Work Scheme 15 €227,321 32 €566,694 47 €794,015 
Deserted Wife's Allowance 17 €883,554 20 €606,529 37 €1,490,083 
Blind Persons Pension 23 €978,850 11 €369,565 34 €1,348,415 
State Pension Transition 15 €330,256 15 €329,795 30 €660,051 
Back To Work Enterprise Allowance 12 €235,269 17 €383,058 29 €618,328 
Mortgage Interest Supplement 12 €193,296 11 €226,182 23 €419,478 
Disablement Benefit 15 €474,669 €106,173 20 €580,842 
Rent Allowance €117,742 €385,988 15 €503,730 
Guardians Payment (Contributory) 10 €451,278 €88,815 15 €540,093 
Guardians Payment (Non-Contributory) €109,866 €227,022 13 €336,888 
Domiciliary Care €68,866 €96,246 10 €165,112 
Carer's Benefit €39,108 €108,352 €147,460 
Third Level Option €32,553 €76,172 €108,725 
Second Level Option €23,169 €59,293 €82,463 
Rural Social Scheme €47,805 €15,681 €63,486 
Part-time Job Incentive €33,339 €24,578 €57,918 
Diet Supplement €21,148 €21,148 
Jobs Initiative Scheme €14,738 €14,738 
Death Benefit €112,107 €112,107 
National Internship €12,783 €12,783 
Respite Care €10,925 €10,925 
Partial Capacity Benefit €10,658 €10,658 
Magdalen Commission Scheme €14,619 €14,619 
Adoptive Parent Benefit €28,299 €28,299 
Total 5,638 €156,193,128 6,075 €171,085,486 11,713 €327,278,615 

Table 2 - Outstanding customer debts – value outstanding over €10,000 by year debt was raised – as at end August 2019 

Year Raised 

Repaying
RepayingNot Repaying  Not Repaying  Total Total 
No. of cases Value Outstanding at end August 2019 No. of cases Value Outstanding at end August 2019 No. of cases Value Outstanding at end August 2019 
1984 €19,930 €28,778 €48,708 
1985 €11,958 €16,452 €28,411 
1986 €43,983 10 €167,429 13 €211,412 
1987 €39,656 €190,041 12 €229,698 
1988 €139,821 17 €309,375 26 €449,196 
1989 €102,011 32 €584,130 38 €686,141 
1990 14 €247,224 27 €538,016 41 €785,240 
1991 12 €231,211 24 €448,574 36 €679,785 
1992 17 €283,200 39 €656,837 56 €940,038 
1993 13 €234,408 25 €440,106 38 €674,514 
1994 22 €489,292 51 €900,705 73 €1,389,998 
1995 30 €667,885 50 €884,668 80 €1,552,554 
1996 39 €750,243 55 €974,452 94 €1,724,696 
1997 43 €868,41 73 €1,372,747 116 €2,241,163 
1998 41 €858,632 67 €1,320,770 108 €2,179,403 
1999 61 €1,394,002 67 €1,194,358 128 €2,588,361 
2000 48 €1,018,872 73 €1,419,056 121 €2,437,929 
2001 38 €858,838 81 €1,567,510 119 €2,426,349 
2002 45 €1,034,778 55 €1,088,863 100 €2,123,641 
2003 116 €2,159,039 173 €2,972,678 289 €5,131,717 
2004 224 €4,123,378 400 €6,954,932 624 €11,078,310 
2005 180 €3,991,446 226 €5,070,343 406 €9,061,789 
2006 147 €3,205,559 166 €3,516,088 313 €6,721,648 
2007 134 €3,131,212 114 €2,683,754 248 €5,814,967 
2008 163 €3,914,658 123 €2,950,242 286 €6,864,900 
2009 225 €6,131,559 187 €5,384,136 412 €11,515,696 
2010 260 €7,358,599 255 €6,402,283 515 €13,760,882 
2011 319 €9,440,454 296 €7,072,343 615 €16,512,798 
2012 317 €10,633,923 329 €9,286,969 646 €19,920,892 
2013 469 €14,826,226 438 €13,005,313 907 €27,831,540 
2014 416 €11,504,689 405 €11,998,352 821 €23,503,041 
2015 433 €13,582,919 409 €13,251,087 842 €26,834,007 
2016 402 €12,328,812 365 €12,571,999 767 €24,900,812 
2017 530 €15,010,237 447 €16,482,783 977 €31,493,020 
2018 488 €14,891,558 525 €19,997,097 1,013 €34,888,656 
2019 369 €10,664,481 459 €17,382,203 828 €28,046,684 
Total  5,638 €156,193,128 6,075 €171,085,486 11,713 €327,278,615 

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