Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 February 2022
511. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients across all social assistance and social insurance payments, by payment type, as of February 2021, in tabular form. [9146/22]
View answerThe information requested is set out in the following table. The table outlines the breakdown of recipients by payment type for the main Department of Social Protection schemes, which were available, as of the end of February 2021.
Recipients by Payment Type (February 2021)
|
Scheme |
Cheque |
Bank Transfer (EFT) |
Post Office (EIT) |
Total |
|
Adoptive Benefit |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
|
Back To Education Allowance |
2 |
5,531 |
464 |
5,997 |
|
Back To Work Enterprise Allowance |
1 |
2,577 |
7 |
2,585 |
|
Carer's Allowance |
15 |
56,520 |
32,739 |
89,274 |
|
Carer's Benefit |
0 |
3,314 |
368 |
3,682 |
|
Child Benefit |
0 |
530,350 |
105,660 |
636,010 |
|
Community Employment Programme |
0 |
19,328 |
0 |
19,328 |
|
Disability Allowance |
2 |
90,665 |
62,617 |
153,284 |
|
Disablement Benefit |
1,413 |
13,376 |
664 |
15,453 |
|
Farm Assist |
15 |
3,487 |
1,901 |
5,403 |
|
Health and Safety Benefit |
0 |
26 |
0 |
26 |
|
Illness Benefit |
2,948 |
45,013 |
1,178 |
49,139 |
|
Injury Benefit |
75 |
780 |
8 |
863 |
|
Invalidity Pension |
20 |
48,995 |
10,323 |
59,338 |
|
Job Initiative |
0 |
546 |
0 |
546 |
|
Jobseeker's Allowance |
1,435 |
58,235 |
80,698 |
140,368 |
|
Jobseeker's Benefit |
765 |
32,603 |
2,531 |
35,899 |
|
Maternity Benefit |
38 |
19,595 |
0 |
19,633 |
|
One Parent Family Payment |
3 |
22,217 |
16,970 |
39,190 |
|
Partial Capacity Benefit |
16 |
3,169 |
19 |
3,204 |
|
Part-Time Job Incentive Scheme |
2 |
147 |
31 |
180 |
|
Paternity Benefit |
13 |
588 |
0 |
601 |
|
Rural Social Scheme |
0 |
3,045 |
0 |
3,045 |
|
State Pension (Contributory) |
253 |
337,976 |
113,130 |
451,359 |
|
State Pension (Non-Contributory) |
13 |
44,810 |
50,210 |
95,033 |
|
Supplementary Welfare Allowance |
326 |
3,274 |
7,140 |
10,740 |
|
Tús - Community Work Placement Scheme |
0 |
3,967 |
0 |
3,967 |
|
Widow/er's or Surviving Civil Partner's Contributory Pension |
32 |
77,432 |
45,499 |
122,963 |
|
Working Family Payment |
0 |
46,517 |
171 |
46,688 |
