Social Welfare Benefits Data

Tuesday, 21 February 2017

Questions (292)

John Brady

Question:

292. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit by gender and age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8251/17]

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Minister for Social Protection

The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the following tabular statement.

Recipients of Jobseeker’s allowance and Jobseeker’s Benefit by age and sex at the end of January 2017

-	Jobseeker's Allowance	-	Jobseeker's Benefit	-
Age	Male	Female	Male	Female
18	1,256	990	0	1
19	2,084	1,585	5	7
20	2,270	1,615	21	16
21	2,207	1,478	80	77
22	2,307	1,494	146	166
23	2,428	1,440	262	241
24	2,358	1,562	333	350
25	2,947	1,882	379	381
26	3,453	2,253	329	358
27	3,442	2,375	360	372
28	3,419	2,402	363	431
29	3,410	2,498	364	446
30	3,503	2,491	452	531
31	3,320	2,455	434	566
32	3,404	2,448	445	599
33	3,349	2,431	561	649
34	3,415	2,429	537	628
35	3,404	2,358	515	623
36	3,412	2,403	537	624
37	3,190	2,339	524	639
38	3,158	2,218	525	577
39	3,039	2,112	519	545
40	3,114	2,044	474	500
41	3,003	2,084	505	495
42	2,971	2,165	495	455
43	3,077	2,101	443	436
44	3,066	2,121	467	406
45	2,967	2,056	463	392
46	3,046	2,048	412	407
47	2,886	1,924	416	382
48	2,827	1,829	421	362
49	2,749	1,763	390	397
50	2,714	1,673	351	381
51	2,656	1,570	372	366
52	2,682	1,553	361	373
53	2,552	1,480	363	389
54	2,477	1,345	354	399
55	2,379	1,216	315	364
56	2,182	1,264	339	383
57	2,080	1,115	317	345
58	2,073	1,022	383	352
59	1,964	1,021	331	330
60	1,951	948	345	382
61	1,875	886	338	326
62	2,048	867	330	306
63	2,208	915	281	280
64	2,139	902	252	285
65	1,918	732	1,217	1,372
66	29	7	22	30
Totals by sex	130,408	83,909	18,448	19,722
Scheme totals		214,317		38,170