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Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 29 Oct 1941

Vol. 85 No. 1

Written Answers. - Home Assistance Recipients.

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 March, April, May, June, July and August, 1941, and the total number of persons in receipt of home assistance on each of these dates.

The following statement gives the information required:—

Assistance Area

1941

March

April

May

June

July

August

Balrothery

1,735

1,629

1,602

1,421

1,298

1,211

Dublin

28,495

29,223

28,419

27,380

26,537

25,914

Rathdown

3,354

3,056

3,024

3,149

3,052

2,941

Carlow

1,211

1,177

1,313

1,100

1,093

1,098

Cavan

1,945

1,888

1,879

1,912

1,818

1,822

Clare

2,271

2,365

2,539

2,449

2,225

2,174

Cork North

2,843

2,901

2,874

2,761

2,641

2,558

Cork, South

5,826

5,764

5,874

5,755

5,625

5,545

Cork, West

2,470

2,771

2,700

2,569

2,511

2,483

Donegal

2,343

2,670

2,799

2,805

2,792

2,832

Galway

1,781

1,842

1,952

1,923

1,879

1,810

Kerry

3,299

4,066

3,543

3,571

3,546

3,704

Kildare

1,854

1,917

1,751

1,672

1,647

1,675

Kilkenny

2,334

2,323

2,382

2,096

2,097

2,076

Laoighis

869

996

904

907

863

842

Leitrim

625

814

944

923

953

922

Limerick

3,539

3,706

3,607

3,540

3,507

3,527

Limerick County Boro'

847

774

797

767

829

803

Longford

1,332

1,267

1,160

1,160

1,101

1,110

Louth

1,410

1,439

1,317

1,310

1,170

1,186

Mayo

2,484

2,892

2,799

2,643

2,634

2,586

Meath

1,890

2,065

1,897

1,702

1,607

1,575

Monaghan

707

778

721

748

705

691

O'Failghe

1,575

1,469

1,610

1,385

1,461

1,453

Roscommon

1,096

1,182

1,117

1,077

1,082

1,116

Sligo

2,296

2,406

2,500

2,285

2,229

2,332

Tipperary N.R.

1,192

1,201

1,145

1,148

1,162

1,174

Tipperary S.R.

3,392

3,789

3,755

3,694

3,457

3,542

Waterford

3,197

3,275

3,240

3,114

3,151

3,148

Westmeath

1,077

1,060

1,033

1,006

936

909

Wexford

4,395

4,227

4,274

4,043

4,123

4,123

Wicklow

2,330

2,575

2,263

2,205

2,080

2,138

TOTALS

95,834

99,507

97,734

94,220

91,811

91,020

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 March, April, May, June, July and August, 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 1940.

The following statement gives the information required.

Assistance District

1941

March

April

May

June

July

August

£

£

£

£

£

£

Balrothery

329

316

293

287

238

209

Dublin

4,804

4,282

4,864

4,216

4,130

3,869

Rathdown

666

618

602

600

585

525

Carlow

153

171

168

150

145

141

Cavan

267

263

181

239

239

230

Clare

266

327

282

278

270

259

Cork, North

343

353

362

367

339

340

Cork, South

894

961

984

979

965

952

Cork, West

264

300

288

277

272

263

Donegal

308

275

293

302

298

301

Galway

259

261

263

267

269

254

Kerry

492

591

560

508

511

495

Kildare

278

284

279

278

263

263

Kilkenny

286

341

312

287

280

275

Laoighis

161

200

166

157

157

152

Leitrim

106

139

120

122

124

121

Limerick

368

383

394

350

344

369

Limerick County Boro'

141

139

138

137

151

147

Longford

112

108

104

101

102

99

Louth

217

227

228

219

211

205

Mayo

333

328

336

324

317

316

Meath

239

247

236

228

233

219

Monaghan

118

112

112

125

117

110

O'Failghe

237

256

230

220

240

217

Roscommon

188

182

177

175

175

179

Sligo

258

277

271

260

261

269

Tipperary, N.R.

177

173

172

172

167

169

Tipperary, S.R.

398

440

433

433

417

412

Waterford

451

515

502

478

474

478

Westmeath

146

160

164

157

145

137

Wexford

441

466

469

462

461

454

Wicklow

335

390

366

355

349

334

Average Weekly Amount

14,035

14,085

14,349

13,510

13,254

12,763

Average Weekly Amount, 1940

12,989

12,530

12,219

13,345

12,647

12,483

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