Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 July 2013
591. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons in receipt of partial capacity 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, 2012 and the estimated total costs in 2013; her plans for the future of the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34870/13]
View answer600. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of people in receipt of 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, 2012 and the estimated total costs in 2013; her plans for the future of the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34879/13]
View answer605. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons 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, 2012 and the estimated total costs in 2013; her plans for the future of the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34884/13]
View answer613. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons in receipt of the rural social scheme payment 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, 2012 and the estimated total costs in 2013; her plans for the future of the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34892/13]
View answer615. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons 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, 2012 and the estimated total costs in 2013; her plans for the future of the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34898/13]
View answer616. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons 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, 2012 and the estimated total costs in 2013; her plans for the future of the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34899/13]
View answer617. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons 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, 2012 and the estimated total costs in 2013; her plans for the future of the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34900/13]
View answer619. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of persons in receipt of the social welfare and living on an island option payment 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, 2012 and the estimated total costs in 2013; her plans for the future of the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34902/13]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 591, 600, 605, 613, 615 to 617, inclusive, and 619 together.
The information requested by the Deputy in respect of 2010 and 2011 remains unchanged to that forwarded to him in reply to Questions Nos. 476, 485, 490, 497, 501, 502, 503 and 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. A copy of the 2012 Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services, which my Department laid before the Dáil and published on the Department’s website, contains the requested statistics in relation to 2012 and has issued to the Deputy under separate cover. I enclose for the Deputy’s information, in tabular format, the total number of recipients in each of the schemes referred to at the end of May 2013 along with the estimated scheme expenditure for 2013.
|
Scheme |
Number of Recipients as on 31/05/2013 |
REV 2013 - €000 |
|
Partial Capacity Benefit |
N/A |
8,500 |
|
Adoptive Benefit |
10 |
420 |
|
Bereavement Grant |
10,264 |
22,100 |
|
Rural Social Scheme |
2,531 |
45,000 |
|
Fuel Allowance |
Information regarding the allowance’s recipients is not segregated from the statistics of the schemes under which it is paid. |
211,100 |
|
Living Alone Allowance |
177,197 |
The cost of the Allowance is not segregated from the scheme expenditure under which it is paid. |
|
Household Benefit Recipients Number of Household Benefits Electricity Cash Electricity Gas Telephone T.V. License Total |
416,306 292,269 70,614 44,884 395,339 411,436 1,214,542 |
283,670 |
|
Island Allowance |
551 |
The cost of the Allowance is not segregated from the scheme expenditure under which it is paid. |
