Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 July 2018
2523. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the one parent family payment by gender in each of the past four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33968/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the following tabular statement. These figures show that females make up the vast majority of recipients of one-parent family payment, with only marginally over 1% of recipients being male.
Recipients of one-parent family payment by gender at the end of December in each of the years 2014 to 2017
|
Female |
Male |
Total |
|
|
2014 |
68,866 |
1,018 |
69,884 |
|
2015 |
41,078 |
390 |
41,468 |
|
2016 |
39,887 |
430 |
40,317 |
|
2017 |
38,887 |
423 |
39,310 |
