Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 October 2023
115. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of the disability allowance; and the number who were in receipt of the allowance in each of the past ten years. [46375/23]
View answerDisability Allowance is a weekly allowance paid to people with a disability. At the end of September 2023 there were 161,083 persons in receipt of Disability Allowance. Data requested by the Deputy for the end of each calendar year 2013 to 2022 are shown in the attached tabular statement.
|
Calendar Year |
Number of Recipients |
|
2013 |
106,279 |
|
2014 |
112,097 |
|
2015 |
119,042 |
|
2016 |
126,203 |
|
2017 |
133,929 |
|
2018 |
140,835 |
|
2019 |
146,755 |
|
2020 |
152,580 |
|
2021 |
155,181 |
|
2022 |
157,807 |
