I propose to take Questions Nos. 347 to 377, inclusive, together.
With regard to the information requested by the Deputy, a county level breakdown of Social Welfare recipients is collated by my Department annually for inclusion in the Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services report which is laid before the Dáil when published and copies lodged in the Oireachtas library. Furthermore these reports are available to the public at www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Annual-Statistical-Information-Reports.aspx. However, I enclose for the Deputy’s information, in tabular format, the total number of recipients in each of the schemes referred as at 31 August 2013.
Number of Social Welfare Recipients at 31 August 2013
Scheme
|
Recipients
|
State Pension (Non-Contributory)
|
95,691
|
State Pension (Contributory)
|
324,030
|
One Parent Family Payment
|
80,823
|
Widow/er’s or Surviving Civil Partner’s Non-Contributory Pension
|
1,859
|
Basic Supplementary Welfare Allowance
|
27,425
|
Farm Assist
|
10,601
|
Jobseeker’s Benefit
|
72,694
|
Maternity Benefit
|
21,736
|
Health &Safety Benefit
|
56
|
Back to Education Allowance
|
5,871
|
Back to Work Allowance
|
13
|
Back to Work Enterprise Allowance
|
10,377
|
Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance
|
156,309
|
Disability Allowance
|
103,573
|
Blind Pension
|
1,415
|
Carer’s Allowance
|
56,568
|
Illness Benefit
|
61,406
|
Injury Benefit
|
783
|
Invalidity Pension
|
52,383
|
Disablement Benefit
|
14,191
|
Carer’s Benefit
|
1,663
|
Respite Care Grant
|
N/A
|
Domiciliary Care Allowance (Families)
|
25,325
|
Family Income Supplement
|
41,391
|
Child Benefit (Families)
|
606,608
|
Guardian’s Payment(Non-Contributory)
|
425
|
Guardian’s Payment (Contributory)
|
880
|
Rent Supplement
|
82,462
|
Mortgage Interest Supplement
|
11,271
|
Free Travel
|
775,606
|
Household Benefits:
|
-
|
Electricity
|
363,747
|
Gas
|
45,114
|
Telephone
|
395,421
|
T.V. Licence
|
412,396
|
Fuel Allowance
|
Information regarding the allowance’s recipients is not segregated from the statistics of the schemes under which it is paid.
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