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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 7 May 1941

Vol. 83 No. 1

Written Answers. - Home Assistance Payments.

asked the Minister for Local Government and Public Health if he will state the number of persons in receipt of home assistance in each public assistance area on the last Saturday of each of the months of November and December, 1940, and January, February and March, 1941, and the total number of persons in receipt of home assistance on each of these dates.

The following statement gives the information required as regards the months of November and December, 1940, and January and February, 1941. The complete particulars for March, 1941, are not yet available.

Assistance Area

November, 1940

December, 1940

January, 1941

February, 1941

Balrothery

1,546

1,443

1,408

1,580

Dublin

26,628

23,195

28,442

27,579

Rathdown

3,152

3,075

3,512

3,509

Carlow

1,021

989

1,028

1,113

Cavan

1,807

1,763

1,850

2,005

Clare

2,205

2,072

2,056

2,151

Cork, North

2,602

2,504

2,476

2,537

Cork, South

5,025

5,057

4,930

4,935

Cork, West

2,536

2,541

2,540

2,425

Donegal

2,315

2,092

2,144

2,141

Galway

1,673

1,694

1,707

1,595

Kerry

3,165

3,150

3,153

3,233

Kildare

1,784

1,748

1,832

1,837

Kilkenny

1,991

2,051

2,104

2,134

Laoighis

878

893

942

961

Leitrim

711

647

619

624

Limerick

3,490

3,492

3,476

3,461

Limerick County Boro’

755

770

782

773

Longford

1,247

1,229

1,260

1,201

Louth

1,096

1,038

1,190

1,305

Mayo

2,296

2,340

2,412

2,447

Meath

1,861

1,585

1,619

1,613

Monaghan

754

757

844

857

O'Failghe

1,475

1,472

1,667

1,669

Roscommon

1,099

1,058

1,044

1,078

Sligo

2,173

2,461

1,914

2,103

Tipperary, N.R.

1,136

1,210

1,261

1,184

Tipperary, S.R.

3,059

2,963

2,944

2,979

Waterford

2,991

2,840

2,734

2,819

Westmeath

875

807

833

869

Wexford

3,372

3,274

3,476

3,333

Wicklow

1,938

1,884

2,174

2,071

TOTALS

88,656

84,094

90,373

90,121

asked the Minister for Local Government and Public Health if he will state the average weekly amount paid in home assistance in each public assistance area in each of the months of November and December, 1940, and January, February and March, 1941, and the average weekly amount of the total amount of home assistance paid in each month, and in the corresponding month in the year 1939 and the year 1940.

The following statement gives the information required as regards the months of November and December, 1940, and January and February, 1941. The complete particulars for March, 1941, are not yet available.

Assistance District

November, 1940

December, 1940

January, 1941

February, 1941

£

£

£

£

Balrothery

283

263

240

284

Dublin

4,294

4,353

4,655

4,701

Rathdown

676

714

667

681

Carlow

143

154

145

147

Cavan

291

244

251

251

Clare

272

306

253

252

Cork North

341

344

331

318

Cork South

898

1,022

835

829

Cork West

261

285

255

257

Donegal

301

267

263

269

Galway

248

260

258

270

Kerry

456

432

442

437

Kildare

273

340

277

282

Kilkenny

272

280

272

277

Laoighis

156

169

157

159

Leitrim

112

113

103

103

Limerick

364

357

343

352

Limerick County Boro’

128

165

135

139

Longford

103

119

109

109

Louth

192

212

200

206

Mayo

323

347

300

299

Meath

230

279

220

221

Monaghan

106

134

113

128

O'Failghe

223

258

237

235

Roscommon

155

180

171

173

Sligo

263

250

244

241

Tipperary, N.R.

169

185

170

170

Tipperary, S.R.

360

408

387

389

Waterford

457

502

421

431

Westmeath

156

130

139

144

Wexford

433

443

399

390

Wicklow

336

349

332

326

Average Weekly Amount

13,275

13,864

13,324

13,470

November, 1939

December, 1939

January, 1940

February, 1940

Average Weekly Amount

£12,203

£12,955

£12,850

£12,760

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