asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of recipients of social welfare sickness benefit at the latest available date.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Sickness Benefit.
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The number of persons receiving disability benefit on 4th January, 1972, the latest date for which figures are available, was 56,387. In addition 12,234 persons were receiving invalidity pension. The total number of persons receiving benefit in respect of sickness at the date mentioned was, therefore, 68,621.