Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 13 May 1997

Vol. 479 No. 2

Written Answers. - Social Welfare Benefits.

Joe Walsh

Question:

268 Mr. J. Walsh asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of persons in receipt of social welfare payments at the end of the first quarter of each of the years 1995, 1996 and 1997, in each of the social welfare offices (details supplied) in County Cork. [12835/97]

Minister for Social Welfare (Proinsias De Rossa)

The number of people on the live register at the offices specified is contained in the following table.

Live Register

Local Office	31 March 1995	29 March 1996	28 March 1997
Bandon Branch Office
Unemployment Benefit	163	196	230
Unemployment Assistance	558	550	538
Others	45	47	55
Total Live Register	766	793	823
Bantry Branch Office
Unemployment Benefit	188	220	215
Unemployment Assistance	352	371	342
Others	57	51	62
Total Live Register	597	642	619
Bantry (Control Office)
Unemployment Benefit	42	176	33
Unemployment Assistance	209	344	191
Others	15	57	19
Total Live Register	266	577	243
Castletownbere* Branch Office
Unemployment Benefit	136	—	—
Unemployment Assistance	112	—	—
Others	18	—	—
Total Live Register	266	—	—
Clonakilty Branch Office
Unemployment Benefit	164	189	166
Unemployment Assistance	425	388	420
Others	67	68	83
Total Live Register	656	645	669
Dunmanway Branch Office
Unemployment Benefit	59	59	50
Unemployment Assistance	130	143	106
Others	8	13	8
Total Live Register	197	215	164
Kenmare* Branch Office
Unemployment Benefit	—	—	271
Unemployment Assistance	—	—	401
Others	—	—	74
Total Live Register	—	—	746
Kinsale Branch Office
Unemployment Benefit	160	165	172
Unemployment Assistance	480	520	555
Others	90	107	113
Total Live Register	730	792	840
Skibbereen Branch Office
Unemployment Benefit	210	224	250
Unemployment Assistance	489	503	450
Others	62	69	96
Total Live Register	761	796	796

*Castletownbere Office closed with effect from 6 October 1995 — registrants transferred to Bantry Control Office and then to Kenmare Office on 19 July 1996. The Kenmare Office closed in February 1993 and reopened in July 1996.