asked the Minister for Social Welfare the percentage of the insured work force who claimed disability benefit in each year for the past ten years.
Written Answers. - Disability Benefit Claims.
349.
Statistics as to the number of persons who claim disability benefit but whose claims are disallowed each year are not maintained by my Department.
On the basis of the number of recipients the percentage of the insured workforce who received disability benefit in each of the ten years to 1978, inclusive, is as follows:
|
Period |
Percentage of Insured work force who received Disability Benefit |
|
% |
|
|
Year ended 31 March 1969 |
21 |
|
Year ended 31 March 1970 |
24 |
|
Year ended 31 March 1971 |
22 |
|
Year ended 31 March 1972 |
22 |
|
Year ended 31 March 1973 |
24 |
|
Year ended 31 March 1974 |
23 |
|
Year ended 31 December 1974* |
21 |
|
Year ended 31 December 1975 |
24 |
|
Year ended 31 December 1976 |
32 |
|
Year ended 31 December 1977 |
32 |
|
Year ended 31 December 1978 |
35 |
*A nine month period.
The corresponding information for 1979 is not yet available.