Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 October 2010
281 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of person’s claiming part-time jobseeker’s benefit and allowance in tabular form; to provide a breakdown of the duration of same on a per annum basis; to provide the cost for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35413/10]
View answerThe number of persons in payment at w/e 1/10/2010 with a category denoting some form of work is as follows:
|
Jobseekers Benefit |
Jobseekers Allowance |
PTJI |
|
|
Casual / Part-time |
45,956 |
27,750 |
n/a |
|
Systematic Short Time |
11,995 |
n/a |
n/a |
|
Week on / Week off |
857 |
n/a |
n/a |
|
Self employed |
172 |
8,883 |
n/a |
|
Part Time Job Incentive (Aug 2010) |
n/a |
n/a |
158 |
It is not feasible to provide an accurate breakdown of the duration of each claim as requested by the Deputy. To do so would involve accessing each record individually. Also the categories in the table are not accounted for separately for expenditure purposes as they are merely sub-categories of Jobseekers Allowance or Jobseekers Benefit schemes.
