Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 7 October 2021
279. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of recipients of invalidity pension; the extent to which the number has fluctuated over the past two years or is likely to so do in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48992/21]
View answerThe table below shows the number of invalidity pension recipients at the end of each month over the past two years, from August 2019 to August 2021. During this period the number of recipients has fluctuated from a low of 57,997 in August 2019 to a high of 59,340 in January 2021. The most recently available number of recipients (Aug 2021) is 58,369.
As Invalidity Pension is a demand-led scheme it is not possible to definitively determine future recipient numbers.
Invalidity Pension
|
Year |
Month |
Number of Recipients |
|
2019 |
August |
57,977 |
|
September |
58,038 |
|
|
October |
58,073 |
|
|
November |
58,194 |
|
|
December |
58,164 |
|
|
2020 |
January |
58,299 |
|
February |
58,397 |
|
|
March |
58,549 |
|
|
April |
58,692 |
|
|
May |
58,908 |
|
|
June |
58,971 |
|
|
July |
58,917 |
|
|
August |
58,854 |
|
|
September |
58,933 |
|
|
October |
58,995 |
|
|
November |
59,299 |
|
|
December |
59,230 |
|
|
2021 |
January |
59,340 |
|
February |
59,338 |
|
|
March |
59,181 |
|
|
April |
59,040 |
|
|
May |
58,922 |
|
|
June |
58,630 |
|
|
July |
58,556 |
|
|
August |
58,369 |
