Social Welfare Schemes Data

Thursday, 17 November 2016

Questions (176)

Niamh Smyth

Question:

176. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of social protection payments who reside abroad; if he will provide a breakdown of the types of payments being received, in tabular form; the persons entitled to receive these payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35563/16]

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Written answers

Minister for Social Protection

The information requested by the Deputy is not available in respect of all eligible schemes and is not routinely collated by my Department in the format requested. I am however informed that at the end of October there were in excess of 53,600 recipients of payments of the schemes detailed in the attached tabular statement. This figure is based on the information communicated to my Department by the recipient and may exclude persons who have failed to provide an updated address.

With regard to the persons entitled to receive these payments the position remains unchanged from that which I informed the Deputy of in response to Parliamentary Question 405 on the 15th inst.

Recipients of Invalidity Pension, State Pension Contributory, State Pension Transition, Widow's/Widower’s and Surviving Civil Partner’s Contributory Pension who are resident abroad at the end of October 2016

Invalidity Pension	State Pension Contributory	State Pension Transition	Widow's/Widower’s and Surviving Civil Partner’s Contributory Pension
839	44,991	102	7,694