Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 June 2021
417. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of households with at least one child under the age of 18 that are in receipt of a social welfare payment other than child benefit in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [33363/21]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below. Data for 2021 refers to the first quarter of the year. The data reflects the most recent household composition known to the Department. The increase observed in 2020 relates primarily to new recipients of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment.
|
Year |
Households |
|
2016 |
307,066 |
|
2017 |
309,826 |
|
2018 |
289,798 |
|
2019 |
300,442 |
|
2020 |
369,056 |
|
Q1 2020 |
295,679 |
