asked the Minister for Health if he will state in relation to the White Paper issued by him in July last the total number of persons in each county who it is estimated comprise each of the following categories referred to in the White Paper: (1) lower income group, i.e., persons in the present public assistance class; (2) persons in the middle income group who are compulsorily insurable under the Social Welfare Act, 1952, or dependents of such persons; (3) persons in the middle income group whose main income is derived from farming and whose rateable valuation does not exceed £50 or dependents of such persons; (4) persons in the middle income group whose family income does not exceed £600 a year or dependents of such persons, and (5) persons not included in the above categories.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Income Categories.
I would refer the Deputy to the reply which I gave on the 23rd instant to a similar question from him in relation to county boroughs.
Such information as is available is set out in the form of a tabular statement which I propose, a Cheann Comhairle, with your permission, to circulate with the Official Report.
Following is the information:—
|
County Area (excluding County Boroughs) |
Estimated number of persons in Lower Income Group |
Estimated number of persons who are compulsorily insurable under the Social Welfare Act, 1952 |
|
Carlow |
11,000 |
7,500 |
|
Cavan |
22,000 |
9,900 |
|
Clare |
27,000 |
14,000 |
|
Cork |
89,000 |
52,700 |
|
Donegal |
44,000 |
23,300 |
|
Dublin |
57,000 |
45,100 |
|
Galway |
53,000 |
26,500 |
|
Kerry |
42,000 |
22,000 |
|
Kildare |
22,000 |
16,600 |
|
Kilkenny |
22,000 |
14,000 |
|
Laoighis |
16,000 |
9,700 |
|
Leitrim |
14,000 |
5,800 |
|
Limerick |
30,000 |
17,800 |
|
Longford |
12,000 |
5,400 |
|
Louth |
23,000 |
19,500 |
|
Mayo |
47,000 |
22,500 |
|
Meath |
22,000 |
15,100 |
|
Monaghan |
18,000 |
9,900 |
|
Offaly |
18,000 |
11,100 |
|
Roscommon |
23,000 |
12,600 |
|
Sligo |
20,000 |
10,500 |
|
Tipperary (N.R.) |
19,000 |
11,600 |
|
Tipperary (S.R.) |
25,000 |
16,600 |
|
Waterford |
15,000 |
10,500 |
|
Westmeath |
18,000 |
9,600 |
|
Wexford |
30,000 |
20,500 |
|
Wicklow |
21,000 |
17,400 |
|
TOTAL |
760,000 |
457,700 |