Written answers

Tuesday, 14 July 2020

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Jobseeker's Payments

Photo of Claire KerraneClaire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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790. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of those aged 65 years of age in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance and jobseeker’s benefit at the end of each of the years 2012 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [16038/20]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the number of people aged 65 years of age in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance and jobseeker’s benefit at the end of each of the years 2012 to 2019 and to date in 2020 is detailed in the attached tabular statement.

The number of recipients of jobseeker’s allowance and jobseeker’s benefit aged 65 years of age at the end of each of the years 2012 to 2019 and at the end of June 2020.

Jobseeker’s Allowance Jobseeker’s Benefit Total
2012 1,097 571 1,668
2013 1,149 455 1,604
2014 2,196 2,332 4,528
2015 2,416 2,561 4,997
2016 2,540 2,647 5,187
2017 2,761 2,897 5,658
2018 2,741 2,744 5,485
2019 2,530 2,581 5,111
June 2020 2,209 2,290 4,499

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