Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 June 2015
45. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the total number of working-age adults who claim any welfare payment, with the exception of child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23971/15]
View answerAt the end of May 2015 there were 1,029,296 recipients of weekly social welfare payments which are payable to persons of working age. Note that some people may be recipients of payments from more than one scheme, and that payments for a small number of these schemes can also be receivable by people over the age of 65.
A breakdown of this number is detailed in the tabular statement.
Number of Recipients of Weekly Social Welfare Payments May 2015
|
Type of Payment |
Recipients |
|
Adoptive Benefit |
22 |
|
Local Authority Mortgage Supplement |
28 |
|
Health and Safety Benefit |
62 |
|
Rent Allowance |
108 |
|
Interim Illness Benefit |
330 |
|
Part-Time Job Incentive Scheme |
376 |
|
Injury Benefit |
911 |
|
Job Initiative |
1,008 |
|
Partial Capacity Benefit |
1,482 |
|
Pre-Retirement Allowance |
1,531 |
|
Other Employment Supports(6) |
1,891 |
|
Carer's Benefit |
2,029 |
|
Gateway |
2,129 |
|
Rural Social Scheme |
2,519 |
|
Mortgage Interest Supplement |
3,882 |
|
JobBridge National Internship Scheme |
5,158 |
|
TUS - Community Work Placement |
7,800 |
|
Farm Assist |
9,142 |
|
Back To Work Enterprise Allowance |
11,523 |
|
Disablement Benefit |
11,870 |
|
Back To Education Allowance |
13,671 |
|
Supplementary Welfare Allowance |
16,793 |
|
Maternity Benefit |
20,500 |
|
Community Employment Programme |
24,563 |
|
Jobseeker's Benefit |
40,590 |
|
Family Income Supplement |
51,372 |
|
Invalidity Pension |
54,565 |
|
Illness Benefit |
56,682 |
|
Carer's Allowance |
61,294 |
|
Rent Supplement |
62,368 |
|
One Parent Family Payment |
68,508 |
|
Disability Allowance |
115,233 |
|
Widow/er's or Surviving Civil Partner's Contributory Pension |
118,883 |
|
Jobseeker's Allowance |
256,473 |
|
Total* |
1,029,296 |
* Due to system upgrades statistics for Widow/er's or Surviving Civil Partner's Non-contributory Pension, Deserted Wife’s Allowance, Deserted Wife’s Benefit, Blind Pension, Guardian’s Payment (Non-contributory) and Guardian Payment (Contributory) are not currently available. In addition, employers are currently in receipt of JobsPlus payments in respect of 4,901 former unemployed jobseekers.
