Claire Kerrane
Question:594. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients by each core social protection scheme, disaggregated by payment type. [37150/22]
View answerDáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 July 2022
594. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients by each core social protection scheme, disaggregated by payment type. [37150/22]
View answerThe number of recipients of the core Department of Social Protection schemes, broken down by payment type, is available in the table below. The table shows those that received at least one payment in June 2022, broken down by the payment method of their last payment in that month. Schemes with more than 1,000 recipients in June 2022 are included in the table.
Table 1: Recipients of main Department of Social Protection schemes, by payment type
Cheque |
Bank Transfer (EFT) |
Post Office (EIT) |
Total |
|
Back To Work Enterprise Allowance |
0 |
2,892 |
13 |
2,905 |
Back to Work Family Dividend |
0 |
2,949 |
0 |
2,949 |
Blind Persons Pension |
0 |
705 |
304 |
1,009 |
Carer's Allowance |
24 |
60,208 |
31,119 |
91,351 |
Carer's Benefit |
0 |
3,379 |
192 |
3,571 |
Child Benefit |
142 |
544,013 |
97,340 |
641,495 |
Daily Expenses Allowance |
14 |
476 |
4,070 |
4,560 |
Deserted Wife's Benefit |
2 |
1,995 |
2,817 |
4,814 |
Diet Supplement |
526 |
402 |
396 |
1,324 |
Disability Allowance |
198 |
95,963 |
60,932 |
157,093 |
Disablement Benefit |
1,232 |
12,245 |
613 |
14,090 |
Domiciliary Care Allowance |
10 |
40,202 |
7,747 |
47,959 |
Exceptional Needs Payment |
1,406 |
1,738 |
5,002 |
8,146 |
Working Family Payment |
0 |
47,464 |
125 |
47,589 |
Guardians Payment (Contributory) |
0 |
799 |
418 |
1,217 |
Household Benefits |
2 |
164,138 |
65,866 |
230,006 |
Illness Benefit |
3,834 |
80,792 |
919 |
85,545 |
Invalidity Pension |
38 |
49,026 |
8,876 |
57,940 |
Jobseeker's Allowance |
2,260 |
56,812 |
89,258 |
148,330 |
Jobseeker's Benefit |
952 |
35,383 |
21,201 |
57,536 |
Jobseeker's Benefit for the Self Employed |
0 |
554 |
545 |
1,099 |
Maternity Benefit |
29 |
20,023 |
0 |
20,052 |
One Parent Family Payment |
8 |
27,109 |
15,408 |
42,525 |
Parent's Benefit |
11 |
8,310 |
0 |
8,321 |
Part Time Job Incentive for the Self Employed |
3 |
1,187 |
3 |
1,193 |
Partial Capacity Benefit |
12 |
3,334 |
30 |
3,376 |
Paternity Benefit |
23 |
2,159 |
0 |
2,182 |
Rent Supplement |
426 |
8,237 |
1,879 |
10,542 |
Carer's Support Grant |
175 |
86,900 |
34,134 |
121,209 |
State Pension Contributory |
680 |
376,818 |
117,365 |
494,863 |
State Pension Non Contributory |
254 |
47,021 |
48,337 |
95,612 |
Supplementary Welfare Allowance |
511 |
5,122 |
8,658 |
14,291 |
Widow(er)'s Contributory Pension |
110 |
81,524 |
43,135 |
124,769 |
Widows Non Contributory Pension |
0 |
620 |
507 |
1,127 |