Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 11 October 2012
81. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 4 October 2012, if she will provide further analysis of the number of families that are recipients of both a social welfare payment and child dependent payment that receive a payment for more than one child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43833/12]
View answerA breakdown of the 263,515 families in receipt of a primary social welfare payment who are also recipients of a child dependant payment by payment type and family size is in the following table:
|
Social Welfare Payments |
1 Qualified Child |
2 Qualified Children |
3 Qualified Children |
4 Qualified Children |
5 Qualified Children |
6+ Qualified Children |
Total Families With Children |
Total Children |
|
State Pension (Non-Contributory) |
275 |
72 |
31 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
384 |
538 |
|
State Pension (Contributory) |
1,615 |
376 |
81 |
23 |
3 |
3 |
2,101 |
2,736 |
|
State Pension (Transition) |
193 |
50 |
10 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
255 |
331 |
|
Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's Contributory Pension |
3,841 |
2,013 |
775 |
194 |
46 |
15 |
6,884 |
11,310 |
|
Death Benefit Pension |
47 |
23 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
78 |
120 |
|
Jobseeker's Allowance |
26,250 |
24,946 |
12,842 |
4,962 |
1,617 |
848 |
71,465 |
148,237 |
|
One-Parent Family Payment |
50,608 |
25,842 |
9,563 |
3,012 |
851 |
301 |
90,177 |
149,200 |
|
Supplementary Welfare Allowance |
3,911 |
3,275 |
1,896 |
843 |
317 |
178 |
10,420 |
22,280 |
|
Farm Assist |
1,258 |
1,333 |
1,013 |
500 |
177 |
78 |
4,359 |
10,363 |
|
Pre-Retirement Allowance |
162 |
40 |
12 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
223 |
319 |
|
Jobseeker's Benefit |
6,914 |
5,910 |
2,435 |
671 |
145 |
36 |
16,111 |
29,676 |
|
Deserted Wife's Benefit |
609 |
161 |
36 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
815 |
1,081 |
|
Health and Safety Benefit |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
|
Back to Work Allowance |
18 |
15 |
11 |
9 |
2 |
1 |
56 |
133 |
|
Back to Work Enterprise Allowance |
1,317 |
1,717 |
944 |
352 |
79 |
12 |
4,421 |
9,459 |
|
Back to Education Allowance |
2,429 |
1,629 |
847 |
310 |
92 |
29 |
5,336 |
10,111 |
|
Disability Allowance |
5,730 |
3,655 |
1,875 |
855 |
403 |
263 |
12,781 |
25,866 |
|
Blind Pension |
93 |
63 |
34 |
12 |
6 |
1 |
209 |
405 |
|
Carer's Allowance |
4,059 |
5,004 |
2,934 |
1,333 |
403 |
220 |
13,953 |
31,460 |
|
Illness Benefit |
5,609 |
4,841 |
2,116 |
608 |
156 |
58 |
13,388 |
25,237 |
|
Interim Illness Benefit |
20 |
14 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
41 |
73 |
|
Invalidity Pension |
4,440 |
2,709 |
1,015 |
254 |
70 |
30 |
8,518 |
14,463 |
|
Injury Benefit |
52 |
50 |
22 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
134 |
259 |
|
Disablement Pension |
123 |
134 |
102 |
48 |
5 |
14 |
426 |
426 |
|
Carer's Benefit |
291 |
367 |
224 |
66 |
11 |
14 |
973 |
1,997 |
|
Totals |
119,867 |
84,243 |
38,827 |
14,084 |
4,390 |
2,104 |
263,515 |
496,087 |
