Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 24 Oct 1996

Vol. 470 No. 6

Written Answers. - Social Welfare Recipients.

Bertie Ahern

Question:

75 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of recipients under each of the subheads C to N of Vote 40 of the Revised Estimates for Public Services 1996; and the cost under each heading. [19639/96]

Minister for Social Welfare (Proinsias De Rossa)

The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following table:

Estimated Expenditure under various subheads of Vote 40.

(1996 Revised Estimates as published)

and relevant recipient figures for August 1996.

Subhead	Expenditure	Recipients
	£000s	£000s
C. Old Age (Non-Contributory) Pension and Blind Person's Pension	314,100	103,773
D. Child Benefit	375,400	1,022,247
E. Unemployment Aissistance	815,700	198,717
F. Employment Support Services
Back to Work Allowance	38,500	13,349
Student's Summer Job Scheme(1)	10,200	18,274
Area Based Enterprise Allowance(2)	5,500	1,201
Third Level Allowance(3)	5,300	2,700
Part-time Job Incentive Scheme(2)	1,280	503
Other	1,620	—
G. Lone Parent's Allowance	218,000	49,154
H. Widow's (Non-Contributory) Pension and Orphan's (Non-Contributory) Pension	60,800	19,291
I. Pre-Retirement Allowance	59,900	14,360
J. Deserted Wife's Allowance	6,875	2,143
Prisoner's Wife's Allowance	25	7
K. Family Income Supplement	25,100	11,306
L. Carer's Allowance	27,100	7,815
M. Supplementary Welfare Allowance(4)	154,200	61,098
N. Disability Allowance(5)	118,100	32,699

Notes:

(1)Refers to the number of Students approved for participation in the 1996 Student's Summer Jobs Scheme.

(2)Recipient numbers refer to end September 1996.

(3)Refers to the number authorised for participation in the scheme to date.

(4)Refers to a Basic Supplementary Welfare Allowance, Supplements and Exceptional Needs payments. Recipient numbers refer to the number of people who received any type of Supplementary Welfare payment during June 1996.

(5)Refers to the number of recipients at the end of December 1995.