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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 February 2013

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Questions (460, 469, 474, 482, 484, 485, 486, 488)

Willie O'Dea

Question:

460. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of people in receipt of the partial capacity benefit in 2010, 2011 and currently; the current number in receipt broken down county by county; the total costs of the payment in 2010, 2011 and estimated total costs in 2012; her plans for the future of the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5740/13]

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Willie O'Dea

Question:

469. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of people in receipt of the adaptive benefit in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the current number in receipt broken down by county; the total costs of the payment in 2010, 2011 and estimated total costs in 2012; her plans for the future of the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5749/13]

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Willie O'Dea

Question:

474. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of people in receipt of the standard bereavement grant in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the current number in receipt broken down by county; the total costs of the payment in 2010, 2011 and estimated total costs in 2012; her plans for the future of the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5754/13]

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Willie O'Dea

Question:

482. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of people in receipt of the rural social scheme in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the current number in receipt broken down by county; the total costs of the payment in 2010, 2011 and estimated total costs in 2012; her plans for the future of the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5762/13]

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Willie O'Dea

Question:

484. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of people in receipt of the fuel allowance in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the current number in receipt broken down by county; the total costs of the payment in 2010, 2011 and estimated total costs in 2012; her plans for the future of the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5768/13]

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Willie O'Dea

Question:

485. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of people in receipt of the living alone Increase in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the current number in receipt broken down by county; the total costs of the payment in 2010, 2011 and estimated total costs in 2012; her plans for the future of the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5769/13]

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Willie O'Dea

Question:

486. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of people in receipt of the household benefits package in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the current number in receipt broken down by county; the total costs of the payment in 2010, 2011 and estimated total costs in 2012; her plans for the future of the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5770/13]

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Willie O'Dea

Question:

488. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of people in receipt of the social welfare and living on an island option in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the current number in receipt broken down by county; the total costs of the payment in 2010, 2011 and estimated total costs in 2012; her plans for the future of the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5772/13]

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Written answers

I propose to take Questions Nos. 460, 469, 474, 482, 484 to 486, inclusive, and 488 together.

The information requested by the Deputy in respect of 2010 and 2011 remains unchanged from that in reply to Questions Nos. 476, 485, 490, 497, 501, 502, 503 & 505 on 6 November 2012.

The number of recipients of Social Welfare at county level breakdown is not published by my Department for these schemes in the Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services report. Work has commenced on the compilation of data for the production of the 2012 report which will be laid before the Dáil when it is published.

However, I have set out for the Deputy’s information, in tabular format, the total number of recipients in each of the schemes referred to along with the provisional expenditure as at the 31st of December 2012.

Scheme

Number of Recipients

Provisional Outturn €000

Partial Capacity Benefit

733

2,107

Adoptive Benefit

14

458

Bereavement Grant

22,793

19,779

Rural Social Scheme

2,591

45,242

Fuel Allowance

Information regarding the allowance’s recipients is not segregated from the statistics of the schemes under which it is paid.

194,925

Living Alone Allowance

175,791

The cost of the Allowance is not segregated from the scheme expenditure under which it is paid.

Household Benefit Recipients

414,432

368,689

Number of Household Benefits Electricity

293,328

Cash Electricity

67,077

Gas

44,346

Telephone

394,671

T.V. License

408,626

Total

1,208,048

Island Allowance

547

The cost of the Allowance is not segregated from the scheme expenditure under which it is paid.

Questions Nos. 461 to 468, inclusive, answered with Question No. 449.
Question No. 469 answered with Question No. 460.
Questions Nos. 470 to 473, inclusive, answered with Question No. 449.
Question No. 474 answered with Question No. 460.
Questions Nos. 475 and 476 answered with Question No. 449.
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