asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will state the total amount paid in respect of unemployment assistance for the following classes: (a) adult male, (b) adult male with dependent wife, and (c) adult male with dependent wife and two children, in each of the financial years 1947-48 to 1955-56 inclusive.
Written Answers. - Unemployment Assistance Payments.
Separate figures are not available for the amounts paid to the various classes of recipients of unemployment assistance. The total amount of unemployment assistance paid in each of the financial years 1947-48 to 1955-56, inclusive, is as follows:—
|
Financial Year |
Amount |
|
1947/48 |
£1,317,963 |
|
1948/49 |
£1,498,897 |
|
1949/50 |
£1,368,654 |
|
1950/51 |
£1,220,522 |
|
1951/52 |
£1,142,038 |
|
1952/53 |
£1,437,306 |
|
1953/54 |
£1,329,913 |
|
1954/55 |
£1,226,733 |
|
1955/56 |
£1,033,000 |
The figure for the 1955/56 year is provisional.
asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will state the full rate of unemployment assistance for (a) an adult male, (b) an adult male with a dependent wife, and (c) an adult male with a dependent wife and two children on 1st January, 1947; what changes have been made since and from what date in each case.
The information required is as follows:—
|
Rate of unemployment assistance applicable to persons resident in any county borough or in the Borough of Dún Laoghaire |
Rate of unemployment assistance applicable to persons resident in any urban area which is not a county borough or the Borough of Dún Laoghaire |
Rate of unemployment assistance applicable to persons resident in any urban district which is not an urban area or in any town in which the Town Improvement (Ireland) Act, 1954, is in operation |
Rate of unemployment assistance applicable to persons resident in any other place |
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per week |
per week |
per week |
per week |
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|
s. |
d. |
s. |
d. |
s. |
d. |
s. |
d. |
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Relevant rates at 1st January, 1947: |
(a) |
10 |
6 |
8 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
|
(Weekly vouchers for allowances of milk, butter and bread were also granted in certain cases to residents in urban areas and towns) |
(b) |
15 |
0 |
11 |
6 |
10 |
0 |
11 |
6 |
|
(c) |
18 |
6 |
14 |
6 |
12 |
0 |
16 |
6 |
|
|
On 26th March, 1947, supplementary cash allowances as follows were introduced and food allowances were withdrawn:— |
(a) |
5 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
(b) |
7 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
|
(c) |
9 |
6 |
7 |
6 |
7 |
6 |
1 |
6 |
|
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On 17th August, 1948, the relevant rates of unemployment assistance were fixed as follows and the supplementary Cash Allowances withdrawn:— |
(a) |
16 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
|
(b) |
22 |
6 |
17 |
6 |
15 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
|
|
(c) |
28 |
0 |
22 |
0 |
19 |
6 |
18 |
0 |
|
Rate of unemployment assistance applicable to persons resident in any urban area |
Rate of unemployment assistance applicable to persons resident in any other place |
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|
per week |
per week |
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|
s. |
d. |
s. |
d. |
|
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Since 25th June, 1952, the following rates apply:— |
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|
(a) |
18 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
|
(b) |
28 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
|
(c) |
38 |
0 |
28 |
0 |