Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 May 2015
224. Deputy Catherine Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the number of working-age claimants who receive more than €256, €292, €329 and €365 every week in total welfare support payments. [20471/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe information requested by the Deputy is not available in my Department.
However I am informed during the week ended 22 May there were a total of 65,095 payments made to weekly recipients of back to work allowance, one-parent family payment, jobseeker’s allowance and jobseeker’s benefit which exceeded €256. These payments were made to the recipients solely in respect of their entitlements, which may include increases in respect of a qualified adult allowance and qualified child increases, under the relevant scheme and exclude any other entitlement to a social welfare payment such as child benefit.
A breakdown of these recipients by scheme and payment band is detailed in the attached tabular statement.
|
- |
€256.00 to €291.90 |
€292.00 to €328.90 |
€329.00 to €364.90 |
€365.00 plus |
|
Back to Work |
748 |
574 |
373 |
1,071 |
|
One-parent Family Payment |
6,654 |
2,236 |
599 |
584 |
|
Jobseeker’s Allowance |
6,526 |
11,926 |
8,976 |
20,1473 |
|
Jobseeker’s Benefit |
593 |
1,312 |
554 |
2,196 |
|
Totals |
14,521 |
16,048 |
10,502 |
24,024 |
