Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 April 2013
152. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Social Protection the position in relation to the number of persons in receipt of disability payments, disability allowance, disability benefit, invalidity pension, who are also in receipt of a carer's allowance for caring for someone; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17978/13]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is collated annually for inclusion in the Statistical Information on Social Services report which is laid before the Dáil when published. I am informed that at the end of December 2012 there were 23,377 recipients of half rate carer’s allowance who were also in receipt of a primary Social Welfare payment. Of this 6,234 persons were in receipt of either a primary illness or disability payment or were a qualified adult dependent on an illness or disability payment. I have attached a tabular statement detailing the breakdown of the 6,234 recipients by illness or disability payment for the Deputy’s information.
Half rate carer's allowance recipients in receipt of an illness or disability payment at 31 December 2012.
|
Scheme |
Recipients |
|
Disability Allowance |
1,168 |
|
Qualified Adult Disability Allowance |
1,417 |
|
Disablement Benefit |
2 |
|
Blind Pension |
20 |
|
Qualified Adult Blind Pension |
33 |
|
Illness Benefit |
933 |
|
Qualified Adult Illness Benefit |
324 |
|
Injury Benefit |
11 |
|
Qualified Adult Injury Benefit |
10 |
|
Invalidity Pension |
1,069 |
|
Qualified Adult Invalidity Pension |
1,239 |
|
Incapacity Benefit |
3 |
|
Qualified Adult Incapacity Benefit |
5 |
|
Total |
6,234 |
