Social Welfare Payments

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 July 2022

Thursday, 14 July 2022

Questions (545)

Pauline Tully

Question:

545. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons from counties Cavan and Monaghan in receipt of a social protection payment in tabular form by the type of payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39224/22]

Written answers

Minister for Social Protection

The information requested by the Deputy is included tables below and refers to all people in Cavan and Monaghan who received at least one payment in June 2022.

Table 1: Recipients in Co Cavan

	Cheque	EFT	Post Office
Back To Work Scheme		73
Back to Work Scheme Family Dividend		47
Blind Persons Pension		9	4
Carers Allowance	1	1046	463
Carers Benefit		59	4
Child Benefit	1	8548	2085
Covid-19 Related Lay-off Payment Scheme		2
Daily Expenses Allowance			22
Deserted Wifes Allowance		1
Deserted Wifes Benefit		17	23
Diet Supplement	12	3	1
Disability Allowance	13	1450	853
Disablement Benefit	22	174	7
Disablement Gratuity		1
Domiciliary Care Scheme		615	111
Exceptional Needs Payment	27	22	16
Family Income Supplement		982	1
Guardians Payment (Contributory)		11	5
Guardians Payment (Non-Contributory)		7	1
Heating Supplement		1	1
Household Benefits		2445	1217
Illness Benefit	51	1373	17
Invalidity Pension	2	733	121
Jobseekers Allowance	21	1034	1606
Jobseekers Benefit	12	562	313
Jobseekers Benefit for the Self Employed		6	9
Magdalen Payment		2
Maternity Benefit		350
Occupational Injuries Benefit	2	21
Occupational Injuries Pension		7	5
One Parent Family Payment		389	126
Other Supplement		4
Parents Benefit		159
Part Time Job Incentive for the Self Employed		12
Partial Capacity Benefit		47	2
Paternity Benefit		49
Rent Supplement	4	109	33
Respite Care Grant Scheme	4	1432	514
State Pension Contributory	16	4710	2145
State Pension Non Contributory	7	997	1230
Supplementary Welfare Allowance	15	88	65
Widow(er)'s Contributory Pension		1060	766
WIDOWED PARENT GRANT CONTRIBUTORY		1
Widows Non Contributory Pension		9	11
Work Place Employment Programme		4	1

Table 2: Recipients in Co Monaghan

Back To Work Scheme		53
Back to Work Scheme Family Dividend		28
Blind Persons Pension		7	3
Carers Allowance	1	776	379
Carers Benefit		41	3
Child Benefit	3	6781	1496
Covid-19 Related Lay-off Payment Scheme		3
Daily Expenses Allowance		3	196
Deserted Wifes Benefit		19	27
Diet Supplement	16	2	5
Disability Allowance	8	1075	665
Disablement Benefit	13	142	8
Domiciliary Care Scheme		447	70
Exceptional Needs Payment	7	10	27
Family Income Supplement		900
Guardians Payment (Contributory)		7	4
Guardians Payment (Non-Contributory)		4
Health And Safety Benefit		1
Heating Supplement	1	1
Household Benefits		1866	929
Illness Benefit	46	990	11
Invalidity Pension		530	85
Jobseekers Allowance	49	852	878
Jobseekers Benefit	34	528	278
Jobseekers Benefit for the Self Employed		11	10
Maternity Benefit	2	262
Medical Care		1
Occupational Injuries Benefit	2	9
Occupational Injuries Pension		6	7
One Parent Family Payment		334	109
Other Supplement	8	7	4
Parents Benefit		155
Part Time Job Incentive for the Self Employed		10
Partial Capacity Benefit		34
Paternity Benefit	1	31
Rent Supplement	3	82	13
Respite Care Grant Scheme	2	1064	403
State Pension Contributory	5	4071	1739
State Pension Non Contributory	4	815	980
Supplementary Welfare Allowance	7	78	67
Widow(er)'s Contributory Pension	4	959	644
Widows Non Contributory Pension		17	5
Work Place Employment Programme		2