Written answers
Tuesday, 10 May 2022
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Welfare Benefits
Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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545. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of disability allowance in 2022, by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23019/22]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Disability allowance (DA) is a weekly allowance for people aged between 16 and 66 with a disability which is expected to last for at least one year and who satisfy the medical condition, means test and are habitually resident in Ireland.
In April of 2022, there were 155,639 people in receipt of disability allowance, by county as follows:
| County | Number of people |
|---|---|
| Carlow | 2,561 |
| Cavan | 2,263 |
| Clare | 3,673 |
| Cork | 18,831 |
| Donegal | 6,151 |
| Dublin | 36,929 |
| Galway | 8,537 |
| Kerry | 5,802 |
| Kildare | 5,823 |
| Kilkenny | 2,941 |
| Laois | 2,857 |
| Leitrim | 1,182 |
| Limerick | 8,250 |
| Longford | 1,882 |
| Louth | 4,573 |
| Mayo | 4,466 |
| Meath | 4,445 |
| Monaghan | 1,721 |
| Offaly | 3,091 |
| Roscommon | 2,226 |
| Sligo | 2,399 |
| Tipperary | 6,751 |
| Waterford | 4,469 |
| Westmeath | 3,472 |
| Wexford | 5,972 |
| Wicklow | 4,372 |
| Total | 155,639 |
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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546. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of illness benefit in 2022, by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23020/22]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Details of the number of people who have received an Illness Benefit (including Enhanced Illness Benefit) payment, and the associated number of claims, in the year to date are shown in the table below:
| County | Claim Count | Customer Count |
|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 6,279 | 5,732 |
| Cavan | 6,901 | 6,289 |
| Clare | 8,439 | 7,783 |
| Cork | 46,898 | 43,152 |
| Donegal | 12,350 | 11,397 |
| Dublin | 99,857 | 91,765 |
| Galway | 25,882 | 23,434 |
| Kerry | 12,008 | 11,080 |
| Kildare | 19,282 | 17,680 |
| Kilkenny | 6,696 | 6,196 |
| Laois | 6,692 | 6,149 |
| Leitrim | 2,504 | 2,301 |
| Limerick | 18,999 | 17,335 |
| Longford | 3,877 | 3,564 |
| Louth | 13,590 | 12,444 |
| Mayo | 12,076 | 11,074 |
| Meath | 16,565 | 15,235 |
| Monaghan | 5,241 | 4,830 |
| Offaly | 6,760 | 6,189 |
| Roscommon | 4,655 | 4,295 |
| Sligo | 5,622 | 5,127 |
| Tipperary | 14,450 | 13,158 |
| Waterford | 11,985 | 10,873 |
| Westmeath | 8,888 | 8,106 |
| Wexford | 14,534 | 13,249 |
| Wicklow | 10,936 | 10,079 |
| Other* | 1,996 | 1,927 |
| Total | 403,962 | 370,443 |
*'Other' relate to instances where the applicants did not include a county on their application form.
I trust this clarifies the position for the Deputy.
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