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Wednesday, 19 Jan 2022

Written Answers Nos. 940-958

Departmental Data

Ceisteanna (940, 942, 943, 944, 945, 946, 947, 948, 971, 972, 973, 974, 975, 976, 977, 1013, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021)

Cathal Crowe

Ceist:

940. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the benefit payment for 65 year olds in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1479/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Cathal Crowe

Ceist:

942. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of farm assist in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1481/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Cathal Crowe

Ceist:

943. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of fish assist in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1482/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Cathal Crowe

Ceist:

944. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1483/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Cathal Crowe

Ceist:

945. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1484/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Cathal Crowe

Ceist:

946. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit for the self-employed in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1485/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Cathal Crowe

Ceist:

947. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the jobseeker’s transitional payment in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1486/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Cathal Crowe

Ceist:

948. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the professional artists on jobseeker’s allowance in the State and in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1487/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Michael McNamara

Ceist:

971. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of benefit payment for aged 65 years in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1534/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Michael McNamara

Ceist:

972. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of farm assist in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1536/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Michael McNamara

Ceist:

973. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1537/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Michael McNamara

Ceist:

974. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1538/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Michael McNamara

Ceist:

975. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit for the self-employed in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1539/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Michael McNamara

Ceist:

976. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the jobseeker’s transitional payment in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1540/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Michael McNamara

Ceist:

977. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the professional artists on jobseeker’s allowance in the State and in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1541/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Violet-Anne Wynne

Ceist:

1013. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the benefit payment for 65 year olds in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1662/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Violet-Anne Wynne

Ceist:

1015. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of farm assist in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1669/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Violet-Anne Wynne

Ceist:

1016. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of fish assist in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1670/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Violet-Anne Wynne

Ceist:

1017. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1671/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Violet-Anne Wynne

Ceist:

1018. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1672/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Violet-Anne Wynne

Ceist:

1019. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit for the self-employed in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1673/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Violet-Anne Wynne

Ceist:

1020. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the jobseeker’s transitional payment in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1674/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Violet-Anne Wynne

Ceist:

1021. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the professional artists on jobseeker’s allowance in the State and in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1675/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

I propose to take Questions Nos. 940, 942 to 948, inclusive, 971 to 977, inclusive, 1013, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020 and 1021 together.

Detailed information on scheme recipients, including recipients by county, are published each year by my Department in the Annual Statistical Report on Social Welfare Services, which is available at gov.ie/dsp/statistics. The Annual Statistical Report on Social Welfare Services in respect of 2021 is expected to be published in quarter 2 of this year.

The archive on gov.ie contains reports from 1998 through to the latest available report, which is 2020. Quarterly data by county, covering Q1 2014 through to Q3 2021, is also available, and is published on a quarterly basis through the national open data portal, data.gov.ie

The information requested by the Deputies is set out in the table below. Farm assist, fish assist, jobseekers for professional artists, and the jobseeker’s transitional payment, are forms of Jobseeker’s Allowance, and the numbers reported for Jobseeker’s Allowance are inclusive of these. The Benefit Payment for the Over 65s, introduced in 2021, is a form of Jobseeker’s Benefit, as is Jobseeker’s Benefit for the Self Employed, which was introduced in 2019. The Jobseeker’s Benefit figures are inclusive of these. Where 1 to 3 people were in receipt of these payments, the value 'between 1 and 3' is entered in the table to prevent any possible identification of the recipients.

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Farm Assist

400

346

307

249

230

215

Fish Assist

between 1 and 3

between 1 and 3

between 1 and 3

0

0

0

Jobseeker's Transitional Payment

274

288

296

284

292

291

Jobseeker's Allowance - artists

-

0

between 1 and 3

between 1 and 3

between 1 and 3

5

Jobseeker's Allowance (all)

4,966

4,376

3,656

3,361

3,436

2,888

Jobeeker's Benefit Self Employed

-

-

-

-

between 1 and 3

21

Benefit Payment Over 65s

-

-

-

-

-

90

Jobseeker's Benefit (all)

1,192

1,064

977

1,098

1,046

915

Departmental Data

Ceisteanna (941, 951, 1014, 1022, 1024)

Cathal Crowe

Ceist:

941. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons on the community employment programme in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1480/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Cathal Crowe

Ceist:

951. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who availed of a Tús community work placement initiative in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1490/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Violet-Anne Wynne

Ceist:

1014. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons on the community employment programme in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1668/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Violet-Anne Wynne

Ceist:

1022. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the rural social scheme in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1676/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Violet-Anne Wynne

Ceist:

1024. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who availed of the Tús community work placement initiative in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1678/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

I propose to take Questions Nos. 941, 951, 1014, 1022 and 1024 together.

Detailed information on scheme recipients, including recipients by county, are published each year by my Department in the Annual Statistical Report on Social Welfare Services, which is available at gov.ie/dsp/statistics. The Annual Statistical Report on Social Welfare Services in respect of 2021 is expected to be published in quarter 2 of this year.

The archive on gov.ie contains reports from 1998 through to the latest available report, which is 2020. Quarterly data by county, covering Q1 2014 through to Q3 2021, is also available, and is published on a quarterly basis through the national open data portal, data.gov.ie

The information requested by the Deputies is set out in the table below.

Scheme

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

TÚS

121

106

141

113

68

115

Community Employment

493

470

472

450

397

392

Rural Social Scheme

113

136

150

152

143

135

Question No. 942 answered with Question No. 940.
Question No. 943 answered with Question No. 940.
Question No. 944 answered with Question No. 940.
Question No. 945 answered with Question No. 940.
Question No. 946 answered with Question No. 940.
Question No. 947 answered with Question No. 940.
Question No. 948 answered with Question No. 940.

Departmental Data

Ceisteanna (949)

Cathal Crowe

Ceist:

949. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the rural social scheme in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1488/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

RSS (Rural Social Scheme) is delivered by a network of 36 local development companies and Údarás na Gaeltachta, known collectively as implementing bodies (IBs). The IB delivering the RSS in County Clare is the Clare Local Development Company.   

RSS is an income support scheme that provides part-time employment opportunities for farmers and fishermen and women in receipt of specified social welfare payments, and who are underemployed in their primary occupation. It is a demand-led scheme and people who wish to participate apply direct to the IB that delivers the scheme in their area. 

The number of people who participated on RSS in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021 is  provided in the table below. 

Year

Number people who participated on RSS in Co. Clare

2016

126

2017

158

2018

166

2019

169

2020

158

2021

152

Question No. 950 answered with Question No. 935.
Question No. 951 answered with Question No. 941.

Departmental Data

Ceisteanna (952, 956, 981, 985, 1025, 1033)

Cathal Crowe

Ceist:

952. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the blind pension in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1491/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Cathal Crowe

Ceist:

956. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the disability allowance in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1495/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Michael McNamara

Ceist:

981. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the blind pension in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1545/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Michael McNamara

Ceist:

985. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the disability allowance in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1508/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Violet-Anne Wynne

Ceist:

1025. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the blind pension in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1679/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Violet-Anne Wynne

Ceist:

1033. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the disability allowance in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1689/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

I propose to take Questions Nos. 952, 956, 981, 985, 1025 and 1033 together.

Detailed information on scheme recipients, including recipients by county, are published each year by my Department in the Annual Statistical Report on Social Welfare Services, which is available at gov.ie/dsp/statistics. The Annual Statistical Report on Social Welfare Services in respect of 2021 is expected to be published in quarter 2 of this year.

The archive on gov.ie contains reports from 1998 through to the latest available report, which is 2020. Quarterly data by county, covering Q1 2014 through to Q3 2021, is also available, and is published on a quarterly basis through the national open data portal, data.gov.ie

The information requested by the Deputies is set out in the table below:

Year

Disability Allowance

Blind Pension

2016

3,053

14

2017

3,243

16

2018

3,405

18

2019

3,548

14

2020

3,658

11

2021

3,689

11

Departmental Data

Ceisteanna (953, 954, 955, 957, 982, 983, 984, 986, 991, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1034)

Cathal Crowe

Ceist:

953. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of carer’s allowance in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1492/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Cathal Crowe

Ceist:

954. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of carer’s benefit in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1493/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Cathal Crowe

Ceist:

955. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the constant attendance allowance in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1494/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Cathal Crowe

Ceist:

957. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of invalidity pension in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1496/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Michael McNamara

Ceist:

982. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the carer’s allowance in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1505/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Michael McNamara

Ceist:

983. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the carer’s benefit in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1506/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Michael McNamara

Ceist:

984. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the constant attendance allowance in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1507/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Michael McNamara

Ceist:

986. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the invalidity pension in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1509/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Michael McNamara

Ceist:

991. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the State pension (non-contributory) in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1514/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Violet-Anne Wynne

Ceist:

1026. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the carer’s allowance in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1680/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Violet-Anne Wynne

Ceist:

1027. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of carer’s benefit in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1681/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Violet-Anne Wynne

Ceist:

1028. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the constant attendance allowance in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1682/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Violet-Anne Wynne

Ceist:

1034. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of an invalidity pension in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1690/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

I propose to take Questions Nos. 953, 954, 955, 957, 982, 983, 984, 986, 991, 1026, 1027, 1028 and 1034 together.

Detailed information on scheme recipients, including recipients by county, are published each year by my Department in the Annual Statistical Report on Social Welfare Services, which is available at gov.ie/dsp/statistics. The Annual Statistical Report on Social Welfare Services in respect of 2021 is expected to be published in quarter 2 of this year.

The archive on gov.ie contains reports from 1998 through to the latest available report, which is 2020. Quarterly data by county, covering Q1 2014 through to Q3 2021, is also available, and is published on a quarterly basis through the national open data portal, data.gov.ie

The information requested by the Deputies is set out in the table below. Constant Attendance Allowance is an additional payment available to certain people in receipt of Disablement Benefit. It is not possible to isolate those in receipt of the additional allowance by county; accordingly totals for county Clare for Disablement Benefit in its entirety are provided.

Year

Carer’s Benefit

Carer’s Allowance

Invalidity Pension

Disablement Benefit

2016

77

1,752

1,165

337

2017

75

1,899

1,211

354

2018

60

2,027

1,264

352

2019

87

2,145

1,278

334

2020

97

2,229

1,293

352

2021

81

2,210

1,269

361

Question No. 958 answered with Question No. 935.
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