asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of applicants on disability benefit in the Dublin area who were deemed to be fit for work by medical referees for the years 1982, 1983, 1984.
Written Answers. - Social Welfare Statistics.
547.
Figures in respect of claimants for disability or occupational injury benefit who were deemed to be capable of work following medical referee examination in the periods concerned are as follows:
|
Year |
Deemed Capable |
|
1982 |
3,394 |
|
1983 |
5,961 |
|
1984 |
4,792 |
The corresponding figures for the country as a whole are 1982: 9,926, 1983: 13,800, 1984: 13,351.
548.
asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of applicants who were refused a non-contributory old age pension in the Dublin area for the years 1982, 1983 and 1984.
Statistics are not maintained in a manner which would enable the information requested by the Deputy to be supplied.
549.
asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of applicants who were refused unemployment assistance in the Dublin area for the years 1982, 1983 and 1984.
Statistics are not maintained in a manner which would enable the information sought by the Deputy to be furnished.
550.
asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of people receiving the prescribed relative allowance in the Dublin area for the years 1982, 1983 and 1984.
Statistics are not maintained in a manner which would enable the information sought by the Deputy to be supplied.