Social Welfare Benefits Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 November 2017

Tuesday, 7 November 2017

Ceisteanna (1193)

John Brady

Ceist:

1193. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons receiving jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit by age and gender in tabular form. [45838/17]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection

The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the following tables:

Recipients of Jobseeker’s Allowance and Jobseeker’s Benefit (including casual claimants) by age and sex at the end of September 2017

			Jobseeker's Allowance			Jobseeker's Benefit
Age	Male	Female	Grand Total	Male	Female	Grand Total
18	1,007	792	1,799
19	1,704	1,408	3,112	6	1	7
20	1,945	1,500	3,445	19	18	37
21	1,904	1,374	3,278	83	67	150
22	2,037	1,355	3,392	176	158	334
23	2,037	1,258	3,295	257	203	460
24	2,006	1,284	3,290	282	266	548
25	2,356	1,566	3,922	323	272	595
26	2,883	1,866	4,749	302	293	595
27	3,082	2,029	5,111	297	294	591
28	2,869	2,083	4,952	287	324	611
29	2,918	2,157	5,075	293	371	664
30	2,878	2,126	5,004	311	397	708
31	2,943	2,180	5,123	360	443	803
32	2,806	2,123	4,929	390	442	832
33	2,773	2,146	4,919	387	502	889
34	2,827	2,154	4,981	397	521	918
35	2,835	2,178	5,013	412	557	969
36	2,840	2,108	4,948	373	541	914
37	2,828	2,097	4,925	459	529	988
38	2,649	2,110	4,759	405	478	883
39	2,637	1,949	4,586	370	477	847
40	2,581	1,864	4,445	334	461	795
41	2,610	1,953	4,563	403	380	783
42	2,610	1,897	4,507	349	415	764
43	2,579	1,964	4,543	353	393	746
44	2,588	1,870	4,458	357	357	714
45	2,515	1,894	4,409	326	356	682
46	2,545	1,788	4,333	333	332	665
47	2,562	1,827	4,389	300	307	607
48	2,511	1,686	4,197	309	297	606
49	2,293	1,601	3,894	324	311	635
50	2,343	1,532	3,875	316	329	645

Recipients of Jobseeker’s Allowance and Jobseeker’s Benefit (including casual claimants) by age and sex at the end of September 2017

			Jobseeker's Allowance			Jobseeker's Benefit
Age	Male	Female	Grand Total	Male	Female	Grand Total
51	2,299	1,435	3,734	252	309	561
52	2,249	1,334	3,583	255	313	568
53	2,188	1,345	3,533	291	290	581
54	2,196	1,256	3,452	247	320	567
55	2,092	1,126	3,218	229	263	492
56	1,963	1,062	3,025	233	299	532
57	1,768	1,057	2,825	246	272	518
58	1,773	962	2,735	271	263	534
59	1,749	927	2,676	249	281	530
60	1,695	823	2,518	309	339	648
61	1,633	767	2,400	256	240	496
62	1,783	828	2,611	272	254	526
63	1,987	885	2,872	245	265	510
64	2,135	892	3,027	230	251	481
65	1,954	805	2,759	1,261	1,436	2,697
66	29	15	44	30	32	62
Grand Total	111,994	75,238	187,232	14,769	16,519	31,288