Written answers
Wednesday, 13 January 2021
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Supplementary Welfare Allowance
Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid out by social protection office by county in supplementary welfare payments from 1 December 2020 to 5 January 2021, in tabular form; and the general category reasoned for payment. [1136/21]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The following tables relate to all Supplementary Welfare Allowance payment categories. As the data is provided on a weekly basis the 5 week period is taken from 28/11/2010-02/01/2021 rather than the specific period requested.
The breakdown by county is based on the county of the recipients - dis-aggregation of office locations by distinct counties is not possible - and is set out in the following table.
| COUNTY | Amount paid between 1 December 2020 and 5 January 2021 |
|---|---|
| CARLOW | €374,151 |
| CAVAN | €236,300 |
| CLARE | €278,805 |
| CORK | €3,149,944 |
| DONEGAL | €376,354 |
| DUBLIN | €37,180,031 |
| GALWAY | €1,020,571 |
| KERRY | €802,753 |
| KILDARE | €3,254,317 |
| KILKENNY | €518,709 |
| LAOIS | €386,915 |
| LEITRIM | €111,513 |
| LIMERICK | €935,519 |
| LONGFORD | €147,977 |
| LOUTH | €750,555 |
| MAYO | €419,058 |
| MEATH | €1,255,343 |
| MONAGHAN | €280,245 |
| OFFALY | €366,670 |
| ROSCOMMON | €314,825 |
| SLIGO | €305,286 |
| TIPPERARY | €777,570 |
| WATERFORD | €574,479 |
| WESTMEATH | €561,522 |
| WEXFORD | €665,637 |
| WICKLOW | €3,396,495 |
| OUTSIDE STATE | €531 |
| NOT RECORDED | €18,188 |
| TOTAL | €58,460,262 |
The breakdown by general category is given by the following table.
| Description | Payments between 1 December 2020 and 5 January 2021 | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Asylum Seeker | 21,852 | 9.1% |
| Basic SWA - all others | 2,356 | 1.0% |
| Carer's Allowance | 1,396 | 0.6% |
| Diet Supplement | 10,506 | 4.4% |
| Disability Payment | 24,888 | 10.4% |
| Exceptional Needs | 154 | 0.1% |
| Ex-Institution Payment | 1,827 | 0.8% |
| Family Income Supplement | 123 | 0.1% |
| Fuel Supplement | 540 | 0.2% |
| Graduated Disability Benefit | 4,784 | 2.0% |
| Heat Supplement | 6,624 | 2.8% |
| Illness Payment | 25,454 | 10.6% |
| Jobseeker's Benefit | 263 | 0.1% |
| Jobseeker's Allowance | 4,347 | 1.8% |
| Mortgage Supplement | 3,228 | 1.3% |
| No Fixed Abode | 4,186 | 1.7% |
| One Parent Family | 1,507 | 0.6% |
| Other Payments | 6,011 | 2.5% |
| Payment to Carer | 269 | 0.1% |
| Pension Payment | 999 | 0.4% |
| Rent Supplement | 116,466 | 48.6% |
| Travel Supplement | 1,493 | 0.6% |
| Unemployment Appeal | 276 | 0.1% |
| TOTAL | 239,549 | 100.0% |
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