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Supplementary Welfare Allowance Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 December 2016

Tuesday, 13 December 2016

Questions (331)

Michael Fitzmaurice

Question:

331. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of the supplementary welfare allowance, jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit, broken down by the recipients' age, gender, ethnic background and-or nationality, and the length of time for which they have been in continuous receipt of a social protection payment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40008/16]

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The following table shows jobseeker's allowance recipients as at the end of November 2016:

Age Bands by Sex

Duration

<3mths

3-6mths

6-12mths

1-2yrs

2-3yrs

>3yrs

Grand Total

Under 25

5961

3082

5374

5031

2411

2871

24730

M

3651

1840

3152

2909

1471

1700

14723

W

2310

1242

2222

2122

940

1171

10007

25-29

3867

2339

4357

4806

2760

10098

28227

M

2392

1394

2568

2838

1610

5890

16692

W

1475

945

1789

1968

1150

4208

11535

30-34

2918

1995

4234

4932

3091

12310

29480

M

1716

1169

2417

2829

1836

7084

17051

W

1202

826

1817

2103

1255

5226

12429

35-39

2546

1706

3537

4687

2898

12624

27998

M

1575

999

2016

2677

1699

7520

16486

W

971

707

1521

2010

1199

5104

11512

40-44

2069

1424

3021

4174

2829

12598

26115

M

1259

871

1743

2291

1641

7625

15430

W

810

553

1278

1883

1188

4973

10685

45-49

1885

1248

2786

3914

2614

11865

24312

M

1156

731

1697

2112

1470

7452

14618

W

729

517

1089

1802

1144

4413

9694

50-54

1539

1056

2305

3352

2366

10302

20920

M

975

622

1391

1880

1364

6942

13174

W

564

434

914

1472

1002

3360

7746

55-59

1152

810

1717

2331

1828

8584

16422

M

737

516

1039

1369

1077

5989

10727

W

415

294

678

962

751

2595

5695

60-64

612

476

1075

1771

1590

9298

14822

M

425

294

722

1158

1016

6669

10284

W

187

182

353

613

574

2629

4538

65 & over

54

53

128

259

290

1867

2651

M

40

42

92

183

193

1367

1917

W

14

11

36

76

97

500

734

Grand Total

22603

14189

28534

35257

22677

92417

215677

Jobseeker's Allowance Recipients as at end of November 2016

Nationality

Number of Recipients

AFGHANISTAN

174

ALGERIA

151

ANGOLA

103

BRAZIL

215

BULGARIA

204

CHINA

101

CONGO

207

CROATIA

147

CZECH REPUBLIC

595

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

212

ENGLAND

1787

ESTONIA

257

FRANCE

279

GERMANY

450

GHANA

129

HUNGARY

590

IRAN

115

IRAQ

129

IRELAND

177329

ITALY

371

LATVIA

2221

LITHUANIA

3737

MOLDOVA

121

NETHERLANDS

224

NIGERIA

1289

Other

2057

PAKISTAN

256

PHILIPPINES

117

POLAND

9430

PORTUGAL

280

ROMANIA

2262

RUSSIA

126

SCOTLAND

229

SLOVAKIA

1053

SOMALIA

250

SOUTH AFRICA

215

SPAIN

289

SUDAN

125

SYRIA

164

UKRAINE

175

UNITED KINGDOM

7112

USA

277

ZIMBABWE

123

Grand Total

215677

N.B. Nationalities with under 100 recipients respectively have been collated together as “Other”

Jobseeker's Benefit Recipients as at end November 2016

Age Bands by Sex

Duration

<3mths

3-6mths

6-12mths

1-2yrs

2yrs

>3yrs

Grand Total

Under 25

855

384

231

23

1493

M

445

205

103

6

759

W

410

179

128

17

734

25-29

1675

780

739

117

9

5

3325

M

821

371

292

41

3

2

1530

W

854

409

447

76

6

3

1795

30-34

2228

1089

1347

223

29

3

4919

M

1046

489

524

67

13

1

2140

W

1182

600

823

156

16

2

2779

35-39

2156

1079

1581

300

24

10

5150

M

1059

461

664

109

7

4

2304

W

1097

618

917

191

17

6

2846

40-44

1803

950

1354

256

28

7

4398

M

959

468

657

109

14

4

2211

W

844

482

697

147

14

3

2187

45-49

1570

750

1163

238

28

11

3760

M

846

392

593

105

12

6

1954

W

724

358

570

133

16

5

1806

50-54

1411

737

1078

284

34

11

3555

M

717

378

517

94

19

2

1727

W

694

359

561

190

15

9

1828

55-59

1301

588

1024

240

31

11

3195

M

623

297

506

103

13

1

1543

W

678

291

518

137

18

10

1652

60-64

1114

515

1000

209

22

9

2869

M

553

245

452

100

10

6

1366

W

561

270

548

109

12

3

1503

65 & over

708

508

1227

205

7

2655

M

326

241

563

102

3

1235

W

382

267

664

103

4

1420

Grand Total

14821

7380

10744

2095

212

67

35319

Jobseeker's Benefit Recipients as at end November 2016

Nationality

Number of Recipients

CZECH REPUBLIC

106

ENGLAND

225

FRANCE

117

GERMANY

107

HUNGARY

142

IRELAND

29066

ITALY

143

LATVIA

342

LITHUANIA

692

Other

780

POLAND

2196

ROMANIA

255

SLOVAKIA

228

SPAIN

130

UNITED KINGDOM

790

Grand Total

35319

N.B. Nationalities with under 100 recipients respectively have been collated together as “Other”.

Supplementary Welfare Allowance (Basic Payments) Recipients as at end November 2016

Age Bands by Sex

Duration

<3m

3-6m

6m-1y

1-2y

2-3y

3-4y

4-5y

5y+

Grand Total

Under 25

1058

426

383

297

78

29

10

4

2285

M

544

225

212

188

43

20

6

1

1239

W

514

201

171

109

35

9

4

3

1046

25-29

838

374

367

366

118

48

22

26

2159

M

458

217

234

253

70

30

16

19

1297

W

380

157

133

113

48

18

6

7

862

30-34

779

393

444

448

147

60

25

68

2364

M

438

217

257

289

87

42

13

48

1391

W

341

176

187

159

60

18

12

20

973

35-39

789

348

394

388

150

73

42

77

2261

M

433

191

243

235

85

42

29

43

1301

W

356

157

151

153

65

31

13

34

960

40-44

686

350

395

366

149

75

34

71

2126

M

391

196

226

207

89

54

16

51

1230

W

295

154

169

159

60

21

18

20

896

45-49

598

287

383

309

125

49

39

63

1853

M

317

156

193

155

68

31

22

38

980

W

281

131

190

154

57

18

17

25

873

50-54

545

268

334

296

124

54

27

75

1723

M

284

141

175

127

51

23

14

44

859

W

261

127

159

169

73

31

13

31

864

55-59

417

256

238

218

105

42

23

54

1353

M

237

136

122

105

56

25

13

29

723

W

180

120

116

113

49

17

10

25

630

60-64

228

134

149

142

54

34

28

46

815

M

132

91

72

73

29

19

15

17

448

W

96

43

77

69

25

15

13

29

367

65+

166

59

44

34

11

13

2

17

346

M

112

39

27

21

5

8

2

9

223

W

54

20

17

13

6

5

8

123

Grand Total

6104

2895

3131

2864

1061

477

252

501

17285

N.B. Nationalities with under 100 recipients respectively have been collated together as “Other”.

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