Written answers
Thursday, 1 May 2025
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Welfare Payments
Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North-Central, Fianna Fail)
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156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people between the ages of eighteen and sixty six in casual or part-time work in receipt of social welfare payment in 2022, 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025, by payment type, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21433/25]
Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Casual Jobseekers are people whose days of work have been reduced or they can only find part-time or casual work. They must be unemployed for at least 4 days out of 7 consecutive days. The statistics requested by the Deputy are provided in the table below. Figures relate to 31st of December each year unless otherwise stated.
Year | Casual Jobseekers Allowance | Casual Jobseekers Benefit |
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2022 | 19,386 | 8,594 |
2023 | 19,580 | 6,951 |
2024 | 17,059 | 7,229 |
2025 (March) | 16,627 | 7,522 |
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