Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 June 2015
38. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of parents in receipt of the one-parent family payment and the family income supplement in each year from 2007 to 2014 and in 2015 to date. [25463/15]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy in respect of the number of parents in receipt of the One Parent Family and Family Income Supplement payment concurrently each year from 2007 to 2010 is not readily available in my Department. However, the information requested for the years 2011 to 2015 is set out in the following tabular statement.
Concurrent recipients of the One Parent Family Payment (OFP) and Family Income Supplement (FIS) payment 2011 to 2015
|
Year |
Recipients of FIS |
Percentage of FIS recipients in receipt of OFP concurrently |
|
December 2011 |
28,876 |
26.4% |
|
December 2012 |
32,307 |
25.7% |
|
December 2013 |
44,159 |
23.2% |
|
December 2014 |
50,306 |
20.8% |
|
May 2015 |
51,372 |
21.6% |
