Written answers
Tuesday, 5 July 2022
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Welfare Payments
Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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386. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of maternity benefit and paternity benefit who also received another means tested social protection payment from 2019 to date; if she will advise on these figures as an overall percentage by payment type and year in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35295/22]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the tables below. Table 1 refers to recipients of Maternity Benefit and Table 2 refers to recipients of Paternity Benefit. The dates in these tables refer to instances where at least one Maternity/Paternity payment issued in a given year, and at least one means-tested payment issued to that person in that same year. It should be noted however that a single Maternity or Paternity Benefit claim could have payment dates in two years; where a payment may have issued to the customer in both December and January, or beyond. The percentage breakdowns of the schemes is set out in Table 3. Where a person received more than one means-tested payment, the last payment received in the year is reported. The 'Other' claims includes scheme and supplements with small numbers of recipients which do not appear in all of the years, such as the Diet Supplement, Heat Supplement, Guardian's Payment Non-Contributory, Daily Expenses Allowance, and Supplementary Welfare Allowance.
Table 1: Maternity Benefit Recipients also in receipt of a means-tested payment
| Year of Maternity Payment | Maternity Benefit Recipients who received at least one means-tested payment in that year |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 7344 |
| 2020 | 7852 |
| 2021 | 6709 |
| Year to 30th June 2022 | 3640 |
Table 2: Paternity Benefit Recipients also in receipt of a means-tested payment
| Year of Paternity Payment | Paternity Benefit Recipients who received at least one means-tested payment in that year |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 1605 |
| 2020 | 1601 |
| 2021 | 1118 |
| Year to 30th June 2022 | 450 |
Table 3: Means-tested payments received
| Year | Scheme | Maternity Benefit | Paternity Benefit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Back To School Clothing And Footwear | 6% | 2% |
| Back to Work Family Dividend | 3% | 4% | |
| Carer's Allowance | 4% | 0% | |
| Domiciliary Care Allowance | 13% | 2% | |
| Disability Allowance | 1% | 1% | |
| Working Family Payment | 23% | 65% | |
| One Parent Family Payment | 31% | 0% | |
| Jobseeker's Allowance | 12% | 17% | |
| Exceptional Needs Payment | 2% | 1% | |
| Others | 6% | 7% | |
| 2020 | Back To School Clothing And Footwear | 7% | 3% |
| Back to Work Family Dividend | 1% | 1% | |
| Carer's Allowance | 4% | 0% | |
| Domiciliary Care Allowance | 12% | 2% | |
| Disability Allowance | 1% | 1% | |
| Working Family Payment | 18% | 48% | |
| One Parent Family Payment | 27% | 0% | |
| Jobseeker's Allowance | 8% | 10% | |
| Exceptional Needs Payment | 15% | 25% | |
| Others | 6% | 9% | |
| 2021 | Back To School Clothing And Footwear | 7% | 1% |
| Back to Work Family Dividend | 1% | 4% | |
| Carer's Allowance | 4% | 1% | |
| Domiciliary Care Allowance | 14% | 4% | |
| Disability Allowance | 1% | 2% | |
| Working Family Payment | 24% | 63% | |
| One Parent Family Payment | 32% | 0% | |
| Jobseeker's Allowance | 9% | 14% | |
| Exceptional Needs Payment | 3% | 5% | |
| Others | 6% | 7% | |
| 2022 | Back To School Clothing And Footwear* | - | - |
| Back to Work Family Dividend | 1% | 1% | |
| Carer's Allowance | 4% | 1% | |
| Domiciliary Care Allowance | 15% | 3% | |
| Disability Allowance | 1% | 4% | |
| Working Family Payment | 27% | 68% | |
| One Parent Family Payment | 38% | 0% | |
| Jobseeker's Allowance | 7% | 15% | |
| Exceptional Needs Payment | 2% | 2% | |
| Others | 5% | 5% |
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