Written answers

Wednesday, 23 October 2019

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

State Pension (Non-Contributory) Data

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of non-contributory State pensions; the degree to which this number has fluctuated in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43839/19]

Photo of Regina DohertyRegina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the attached tabular statement.

Recipients of a non-contributory state pension payment at the 31st of December 2013 to 2018 and to date together with the percentage variance year on year.

December

2013
December

2014
December

2015
December

2016
December

2017 
December

2018 
September

2019 
Recipients  95,801 95,570 95,179  95,221  95,140 95,263  94,798 
Percentage variation  - -0.24% -0.41% 0.04% -0.09% 0.13% -0.49%

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