Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 4 October 2012
135. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people on a core social welfare payment who are also recipients of a child dependent payment; and if she will provide a breakdown of same [42442/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraThere were 263,515 families in receipt of qualified child increases across the various social welfare schemes administered by the Department of Social Protection on the 31st of December 2011. A breakdown by scheme is provided in the following tabular statement.
Scheme*
Families with Children
|
Social Welfare Payments |
Full Rate Qualified Child Increase |
Half Rate Qualified Child Increase |
|
State Pension (Non-Contributory) |
312 |
72 |
|
State Pension (Contributory) |
1,055 |
1,046 |
|
State Pension (Transition) |
121 |
134 |
|
Widow/er's or Surviving Civil Partner's Contributory Pension |
6,884 |
0 |
|
Death Benefit Pension |
78 |
0 |
|
Jobseeker's Allowance |
52,129 |
19,336 |
|
One-Parent Family Payment |
90,177 |
0 |
|
Supplementary Welfare Allowance |
10,420 |
0 |
|
Farm Assist |
3,389 |
970 |
|
Pre-Retirement Allowance |
177 |
46 |
|
Jobseeker's Benefit |
7,803 |
8,308 |
|
Deserted Wife's Benefit |
815 |
0 |
|
Health and Safety Benefit |
2 |
5 |
|
Back to Work Allowance |
40 |
16 |
|
Back to Work Enterprise Allowance |
3,341 |
1,080 |
|
Back to Education Allowance |
3,855 |
1,481 |
|
Disability Allowance |
9,036 |
3,745 |
|
Blind Pension |
135 |
74 |
|
Carer's Allowance |
1,172 |
12,781 |
|
Illness Benefit |
5,166 |
8,222 |
|
Interim Illness Benefit |
24 |
17 |
|
Invalidity Pension |
2,668 |
5,850 |
|
Injury Benefit |
70 |
64 |
|
Disablement Pension |
140 |
286 |
|
Carer's Benefit |
40 |
933 |
|
Totals |
199,049 |
64,466 |
|
Grand Total |
263,515 |
* Community Employment, Tús and Rural Social Scheme are not included in this analysis.
