Written answers

Tuesday, 12 October 2021

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Departmental Data

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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335. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons deemed eligible for the fuel allowance in Dublin 1, 3, 7 and 9 in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021 [49475/21]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The data requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below. This data is based on the last known address, and is based an analysis of free-text address fields; there may be cases where a postcode is not recorded and so is excluded from the below

Year People
2016
7,163
2017
7,362
2018
7,435
2019
7,673
2020
7,998
2021 (to September)
7,902

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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336. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons deemed eligible for an exceptional needs payment, an urgent needs payment and supplementary welfare allowance payments in Dublin 1, 3, 7 and 9 in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [49476/21]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The data requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below. This data is based on the last known address, and is based an analysis of free-text address fields; there may be cases where a postcode is not recorded and so is excluded from the below.

Exceptional & Urgent Needs Payments Supplementary Welfare Allowance Payments
2016
6,667
3,117
2017
6,025
3,199
2018
6,510
3,410
2019
5,952
3,537
2020
4,899
2,876
2021 (to September)
2,806
1,972

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