Written answers
Tuesday, 21 May 2024
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Welfare Schemes
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current number of recipients for each social welfare scheme. [22796/24]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The data requested by the Deputy on the number of recipients end April 2024 is shown in the following table.
| Scheme | Number of recipients |
|---|---|
| Accommodation Recognition Claim | 10,770 |
| Adoptive Parent Benefit | 10 |
| Back to Education Allowance | 2,999 |
| Back to Work Enterprise Allowance | 1,887 |
| Back to Work Scheme Family Dividend | 2,107 |
| Benefit Payment for 65 Year Olds | 4,110 |
| Blind Pension | 961 |
| Carer's Allowance | 96,597 |
| Carer's Benefit | 3,987 |
| Child Benefit | 671,931 |
| Daily Expenses Allowance | 17,567 |
| Dental Benefit | 88,653 |
| Deserted Wife's Allowance | 34 |
| Deserted Wife's Benefit | 4,151 |
| Diet Supplement | 1,004 |
| Disability Allowance | 163,874 |
| Disablement Benefit | 14,313 |
| Domiciliary Care Scheme | 54,973 |
| Farm Assist | 3,800 |
| Free Travel | 1,099,580 |
| Fuel Allowance | 395,990 |
| Guardians Payment (Contributory) | 1,289 |
| Guardians Payment (Non-Contributory) | 623 |
| Health And Safety Benefit | 29 |
| Heat Supplement | 861 |
| Household Benefits Package | 525,844 |
| Illness Benefit | 52,524 |
| Incapacity Supplement | 702 |
| Invalidity Pension | 56,945 |
| Jobseeker's Allowance | 114,054 |
| Jobseeker's Benefit | 31,221 |
| Jobseeker's Benefit for the Self Employed | 718 |
| Jobseeker's Transitional Payment | 20,276 |
| JobsPlus | 606 |
| Magdalen Payment | 372 |
| Maternity Benefit | 18,612 |
| Medical & Surgical Appliances | 2,272 |
| Medical Care | 364 |
| Mortgage Supplement | 170 |
| Occupational Injuries Benefit | 666 |
| Occupational Injuries Pension | 699 |
| One Parent Family Payment | 44,147 |
| Optical Benefit | 42,617 |
| Parents Benefit | 5,276 |
| Partial Capacity Benefit | 2,852 |
| Part-Time Job Incentive | 86 |
| Paternity Benefit | 610 |
| Rent Allowance | 37 |
| Rent Supplement | 7,373 |
| Respite Care Grant | 131,721 |
| Short Term Enterprise Allowance | 229 |
| State Pension Contributory | 516,936 |
| State Pension Non Contributory | 100,084 |
| Supplementary Welfare Allowance | 12,272 |
| Systematic Short Time Workers | 665 |
| Travel Supplement | 212 |
| Widow(er)'s Contributory Pension | 125,950 |
| Widows Non Contributory Pension | 1,037 |
| Work Placement Employment Programme | 181 |
| Working Family Payment | 45,980 |
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average, median, maximum and minimum number of recipients for each social welfare scheme in 2023. [22797/24]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The data requested by the Deputy for the number of recipients by welfare scheme in 2023 is shown in the following table.
| Scheme | Average | Median | Maximum | Minimum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accommodation Recognition Claim | 6,740 | 6,612 | 9,003 | 4,586 |
| Adoptive Parent Benefit | 10 | 10 | 15 | 7 |
| Back to Education Allowance | 2,305 | 3,103 | 3,567 | 192 |
| Back To School Clothing And Footwear Allowance | 103,917 | 141,235 | 153,352 | . |
| Back to Work Enterprise Allowance | 2,146 | 2,126 | 2,277 | 2,011 |
| Back to Work Scheme Family Dividend | 2,458 | 2,477 | 2,665 | 2,255 |
| Benefit Payment for 65 Year Olds | 4,090 | 4,064 | 4,285 | 3,964 |
| Blind Pension | 984 | 987 | 1,000 | 967 |
| Carer's Allowance | 94,012 | 93,885 | 95,787 | 92,682 |
| Carer's Benefit | 3,821 | 3,847 | 3,921 | 3,615 |
| Child Benefit | 651,720 | 652,095 | 656,057 | 647,374 |
| Daily Expenses Allowance | 12,086 | 12,144 | 14,660 | 9,396 |
| Dental Benefit | 67,451 | 64,026 | 93,746 | 44,361 |
| Deserted Wife's Allowance | 39 | 39 | 42 | 35 |
| Deserted Wife's Benefit | 4,438 | 4,436 | 4,617 | 4,248 |
| Diet Supplement | 1,145 | 1,141 | 1,221 | 1,069 |
| Disability Allowance | 160,059 | 159,917 | 162,326 | 158,048 |
| Disablement Benefit | 14,362 | 14,360 | 14,388 | 14,336 |
| Domiciliary Care Scheme | 52,061 | 52,178 | 53,656 | 50,414 |
| Farm Assist | 4,233 | 4,225 | 4,464 | 4,031 |
| Free Travel | 1,073,351 | 1,073,234 | 1,089,411 | 1,056,430 |
| Fuel Allowance | 387,673 | 386,792 | 399,674 | 376,370 |
| Guardians Payment (Contributory) | 1,185 | 1,182 | 1,240 | 1,139 |
| Guardians Payment (Non-Contributory) | 577 | 574 | 598 | 567 |
| Health And Safety Benefit | 34 | 35 | 39 | 26 |
| Household Benefits Package | 515,900 | 514,980 | 523,301 | 509,274 |
| Heat Supplement | 931 | 923 | 971 | 901 |
| Illness Benefit | 57,813 | 58,245 | 60,422 | 54,654 |
| Incapacity Supplement | 721 | 722 | 732 | 707 |
| Invalidity Pension | 56,289 | 56,311 | 56,650 | 55,799 |
| Jobseeker's Allowance | 120,893 | 121,783 | 126,642 | 114,184 |
| Jobseeker's Benefit | 30,756 | 29,707 | 36,976 | 28,260 |
| Jobseeker's Benefit for the Self Employed | 623 | 637 | 732 | 515 |
| Jobseeker's Transitional Payment | 20,030 | 19,985 | 20,374 | 19,738 |
| JobsPlus | 762 | 749 | 865 | 650 |
| Magdalen Payment | 388 | 389 | 396 | 379 |
| Maternity Benefit | 19,047 | 18,956 | 19,974 | 18,330 |
| Medical & Surgical Appliances | 2,099 | 2,138 | 2,657 | 1,472 |
| Medical Care | 260 | 263 | 330 | 191 |
| Mortgage Supplement | 265 | 261 | 317 | 223 |
| Occupational Injuries Benefit | 563 | 552 | 634 | 496 |
| Occupational Injuries Pension | 705 | 705 | 713 | 697 |
| One Parent Family Payment | 43,839 | 43,803 | 44,355 | 43,207 |
| Optical Benefit | 40,399 | 42,016 | 44,925 | 32,405 |
| Parents Benefit | 4,857 | 4,992 | 5,714 | 4,037 |
| Partial Capacity Benefit | 2,984 | 2,998 | 3,078 | 2,891 |
| Part-Time Job Incentive | 102 | 105 | 112 | 85 |
| Paternity Benefit | 634 | 634 | 763 | 342 |
| Rent Allowance | 37 | 37 | 37 | 35 |
| Rent Supplement | 8,252 | 8,148 | 8,907 | 7,861 |
| Respite Care Grant | 126,237 | 127,433 | 129,701 | 120,430 |
| Short Term Enterprise Allowance | 218 | 212 | 261 | 171 |
| State Pension Contributory | 496,344 | 496,513 | 506,724 | 485,520 |
| State Pension Non Contributory | 98,901 | 98,813 | 100,201 | 97,755 |
| Supplementary Welfare Allowance | 11,912 | 11,930 | 12,842 | 11,307 |
| Systematic Short Time Workers | 811 | 771 | 1,128 | 601 |
| Travel Supplement | 225 | 227 | 234 | 215 |
| Widow(er)'s Contributory Pension | 125,368 | 125,341 | 125,943 | 124,734 |
| Widows Non Contributory Pension | 1,061 | 1,056 | 1,086 | 1,048 |
| Work Placement Employment Programme | 159 | 160 | 188 | 126 |
| Working Family Payment | 46,175 | 46,187 | 47,152 | 45,365 |
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