Vol. 443 No. 4
92 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Welfare the total number of persons and the percentage they represent of the population in receipt of unemployment benefit, unemployment assistance, supplementary welfare allowance, disability benefit, invalidity pension and old age pension in Inchicore, Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Statistics in relation to social welfare recipients are not available in a way that would provide the information the Deputy has requested in relation to Inchicore. Statistics on social welfare recipients in the wider area, which includes Dolphin's Barn, Islandbridge, Kilmainham as well as Inchicore, along with percentages they represent of the national recipient population for each scheme, are set out in the following table.
Number of Recipients of Social Welfare Schemes May 1994
|
Scheme |
Recipients |
Percentage of national recipients by scheme |
|
Unemployment Benefit |
833 |
1.2 |
|
Unemployment Assistance |
4,946 |
2.4 |
|
Supplementary Welfare Allowance* |
414 |
2.5 |
|
Disability Benefit |
727 |
1.7 |
|
Invalidity Pension |
929 |
2.3 |
|
Old Age Contributory/Retirement Pension |
3,222 |
2.5 |
|
Old Age Non-Contributory Pension |
644 |
0.6 |
|
Total |
11,715 |
