Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 September 2015
146. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of families whose one-parent family payment was discontinued from July 2015, and who transferred to other social welfare benefits; and if she will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown, by county. [30541/15]
View answerThe latest data collated by the Department on the numbers of customers who transitioned out of the one-parent family payment (OFP) as a result of the reform on 2 July, 2015, show that some 25,500 customers transitioned out of the scheme on that day. Of those customers approximately:
- 13,700 moved to the jobseeker’s transitional payment;
- 2,500 moved to the jobseeker’s allowance (JA) scheme, and
- 8,100 moved to the family income supplement (FIS) scheme.
The remainder of customers transitioned to a broad range of other income support payments such as the jobseeker’s benefit (JB), the disability allowance (DA), illness benefit (IB), as well as to various back-to-work schemes.
A tabular breakdown of these figures by County is presently not available in the Department.
