asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will provide the statistics to indicate the number of claimants who have been disallowed their free electricity allowances in the years 1983 to 1987 and the latest available statistic for 1988.
Written Answers. - Discontinuance of Free Electricity Allowance.
36.
Details of the numbers of allowances which ceased in the years in question are as follows:
|
Year |
Allowances Ceased |
|
1983 |
13,144 |
|
1984 |
7,375 |
|
1985 |
9,777 |
|
1986 |
16,423 |
|
1987 |
15,372 |
|
1988* |
13,649 |
(* To 17 June 1988).
The majority of the allowances ceased because of the death of the beneficiary, but some of the cessations arose as a result of the Department's ongoing control and review procedures which revealed that the conditions for receipt of the allowances were no longer satisfied.