Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 July 2019
2748. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of weekly social welfare payments including the State pension (contributory) and State pension (non-contributory). [33158/19]
View answerThe information (where available) requested by the Deputy is detailed in the following tabular statement.
I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
| Type of Payment | Recipients |
| State Pension (Non-Contributory) | 95,132 |
| State Pension (Contributory) | 419,453 |
| Widow/er's or Surviving Civil Partner's Contributory Pension | 122,329 |
| Total Number of Recipients of Pensions | 636,914 |
| Jobseeker's Allowance | 146,882 |
| One Parent Family Payment | 39,570 |
| Supplementary Welfare Allowance | 15,874 |
| Direct Provision Allowance | 3,931 |
| Farm Assist | 6,132 |
| Jobseeker's Benefit | 32,374 |
| Maternity Benefit | 19,507 |
| Adoptive Benefit | 5 |
| Health and Safety Benefit | 33 |
| Paternity Benefit | 650 |
| Total Number of Recipients of Working Age on Income Supports | 264,958 |
| Community Employment Programme | 21,367 |
| Job Initiative | 661 |
| Back To Work Enterprise Allowance | 5,038 |
| Back To Education Allowance | 830 |
| Part-Time Job Incentive Scheme | 215 |
| Partial Capacity Benefit | 2,712 |
| Total Number of Recipients of Working Age on Employment Supports | 30,823 |
| Disability Allowance | 143,154 |
| Carer's Allowance | 81,941 |
| Illness Benefit | 48,487 |
| Injury Benefit | 1,099 |
| Invalidity Pension | 57,987 |
| Disablement Benefit | 15,086 |
| Carer's Benefit | 2,699 |
| Total Number of Recipients on Disability/Carers-Related Payments | 350,453 |
| Working Family Payment | 52,775 |
| Total Child Related Payments | 52,775 |
| Rent Allowance | 61 |
| Total Miscellaneous Payments | 61 |
| Grand Total | 1,335,984 |
