Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 3 October 2013
142. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the number of recipients by age of the one parent family payment; the cost of this payment in tabular form by age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41677/13]
View answerFor the Deputy’s convenience, there follows a tabular statement detailing the number of persons in receipt of one-parent family payment by age of recipient, the percentage of the total recipients by age and the provisional cost of the scheme at the 31st of August 2013. Statistics on expenditure at age level are not compiled by my Department, However I am informed that the average weekly payment to one-parent family payment recipients at the end of August 2013 was €222.24.
One-Parent Family Payment by Age and Total Provisional Scheme Expenditure at 31 August 2013
|
Age of Recipient |
Number of Recipients |
Percentage of total Recipients |
|
15 |
5 |
0.006% |
|
16 |
33 |
0.041% |
|
17 |
124 |
0.153% |
|
18 |
299 |
0.370% |
|
19 |
583 |
0.721% |
|
20 |
942 |
1.166% |
|
21 |
1,483 |
1.835% |
|
22 |
1,920 |
2.376% |
|
23 |
2,351 |
2.909% |
|
24 |
2,602 |
3.219% |
|
25 |
2,844 |
3.519% |
|
26 |
3,135 |
3.879% |
|
27 |
3,310 |
4.095% |
|
28 |
3,265 |
4.040% |
|
29 |
3,307 |
4.092% |
|
30 |
3,444 |
4.261% |
|
31 |
3,515 |
4.349% |
|
32 |
3,405 |
4.213% |
|
33 |
3,478 |
4.303% |
|
34 |
3,480 |
4.306% |
|
35 |
3,114 |
3.853% |
|
36 |
3,014 |
3.729% |
|
37 |
2,843 |
3.518% |
|
38 |
2,829 |
3.500% |
|
39 |
2,908 |
3.598% |
|
40 |
2,810 |
3.477% |
|
41 |
2,596 |
3.212% |
|
42 |
2,449 |
3.030% |
|
43 |
2,308 |
2.856% |
|
44 |
2,013 |
2.491% |
|
45 |
1,842 |
2.279% |
|
46 |
1,606 |
1.987% |
|
47 |
1,408 |
1.742% |
|
48 |
1,243 |
1.538% |
|
49 |
1,041 |
1.288% |
|
50 |
836 |
1.034% |
|
51 |
657 |
0.813% |
|
52 |
452 |
0.559% |
|
53 |
411 |
0.509% |
|
54 |
289 |
0.358% |
|
55 |
212 |
0.262% |
|
56 |
153 |
0.189% |
|
57 |
88 |
0.109% |
|
58 |
62 |
0.077% |
|
59 |
48 |
0.059% |
|
60 |
21 |
0.026% |
|
61 |
13 |
0.016% |
|
62 |
15 |
0.019% |
|
63 |
8 |
0.010% |
|
64 |
6 |
0.007% |
|
65 |
3 |
0.004% |
|
Total |
80,823 |
100% |
|
Provisional Expenditure |
€673,584,000 |
