Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 November 2023
105. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for the one-parent family payment; the number of applications rejected; the number of families receiving the payment, broken down per month, over the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51359/23]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy on the One-Parent Family Payment is shown in the attached tabular statement. "Recipients" is the number of families receiving the payment at the end of a month; "Registered" is the number of new applications registered during a month; and "Rejected" is the number of claims decided during a month that have a rejected outcome.
|
Month |
Recipients |
Registered |
Rejected |
|
October 2018 |
39,196 |
1,068 |
72 |
|
November 2018 |
39,303 |
1,009 |
72 |
|
December 2018 |
39,265 |
651 |
51 |
|
January 2019 |
39,365 |
1,088 |
88 |
|
February 2019 |
39,357 |
949 |
61 |
|
March 2019 |
39,357 |
1,003 |
58 |
|
April 2019 |
39,417 |
917 |
75 |
|
May 2019 |
39,656 |
983 |
81 |
|
June 2019 |
39,570 |
846 |
67 |
|
July 2019 |
39,606 |
1,060 |
66 |
|
August 2019 |
39,665 |
961 |
82 |
|
September 2019 |
39,510 |
1,090 |
84 |
|
October 2019 |
39,416 |
1,083 |
70 |
|
November 2019 |
39,635 |
981 |
89 |
|
December 2019 |
39,533 |
664 |
53 |
|
January 2020 |
39,535 |
1,089 |
73 |
|
February 2020 |
39,679 |
1,009 |
99 |
|
March 2020 |
39,596 |
839 |
72 |
|
April 2020 |
39,478 |
532 |
60 |
|
May 2020 |
39,480 |
560 |
62 |
|
June 2020 |
39,444 |
670 |
59 |
|
July 2020 |
39,360 |
922 |
70 |
|
August 2020 |
39,402 |
858 |
47 |
|
September 2020 |
39,379 |
1,094 |
93 |
|
October 2020 |
39,262 |
1,026 |
90 |
|
November 2020 |
39,565 |
852 |
102 |
|
December 2020 |
39,446 |
537 |
59 |
|
January 2021 |
39,285 |
668 |
42 |
|
February 2021 |
39,190 |
712 |
61 |
|
March 2021 |
39,088 |
761 |
66 |
|
April 2021 |
39,106 |
770 |
64 |
|
May 2021 |
39,171 |
798 |
66 |
|
June 2021 |
39,182 |
797 |
62 |
|
July 2021 |
39,177 |
819 |
72 |
|
August 2021 |
39,348 |
826 |
64 |
|
September 2021 |
39,533 |
994 |
82 |
|
October 2021 |
39,656 |
929 |
61 |
|
November 2021 |
39,836 |
989 |
77 |
|
December 2021 |
39,926 |
663 |
65 |
|
January 2022 |
39,844 |
752 |
58 |
|
February 2022 |
39,979 |
855 |
74 |
|
March 2022 |
39,872 |
981 |
67 |
|
April 2022 |
39,690 |
1,078 |
53 |
|
May 2022 |
39,827 |
1,816 |
79 |
|
June 2022 |
39,996 |
1,355 |
87 |
|
July 2022 |
40,155 |
1,305 |
71 |
|
August 2022 |
40,184 |
1,288 |
68 |
|
September 2022 |
40,271 |
1,095 |
87 |
|
October 2022 |
40,503 |
1,237 |
83 |
|
November 2022 |
40,734 |
1,281 |
105 |
|
December 2022 |
40,847 |
788 |
76 |
|
January 2023 |
40,957 |
1,093 |
64 |
|
February 2023 |
41,049 |
1,014 |
96 |
|
March 2023 |
41,235 |
1,201 |
104 |
|
April 2023 |
41,343 |
839 |
74 |
|
May 2023 |
41,543 |
1,064 |
86 |
|
June 2023 |
41,558 |
1,145 |
95 |
|
July 2023 |
41,614 |
1,102 |
79 |
|
August 2023 |
41,650 |
1,262 |
63 |
|
September 2023 |
41,650 |
1,223 |
102 |
|
October 2023 |
41,880 |
1,259 |
119 |
