I 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
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Number of Recipients as on 31/05/2013
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REV 2013 - €000
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Partial Capacity Benefit
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N/A
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8,500
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Adoptive Benefit
|
10
|
420
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Bereavement Grant
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10,264
|
22,100
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Rural Social Scheme
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2,531
|
45,000
|
Fuel Allowance
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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
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177,197
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The cost of the Allowance is not segregated from the scheme expenditure under which it is paid.
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Household Benefit Recipients
Number of Household Benefits
Electricity
Cash Electricity
Gas
Telephone
T.V. License
Total
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416,306
292,269
70,614
44,884
395,339
411,436
1,214,542
|
283,670
|
Island Allowance
|
551
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The cost of the Allowance is not segregated from the scheme expenditure under which it is paid.
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