Seán Sherlock
Ceist:1115. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of a widow's pension in 2022, broken down by gender and county of receipt in tabular form. [42965/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraThursday, 8 September 2022
Ceisteanna (1115)
Freagraí scríofa
There are currently 123,995 recipients of Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's Contributory Pension and another 1,119 recipients of Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's Non Contributory Pension.
Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's Contributory Pension is a social insurance based payment made on the death of a spouse or civil partner.
Widow’s, Widower’s or Surviving Civil Partner’s Non Contributory Pension is available to those who do not qualify for the contributory pension. This payment is a residency based means tested assistance payment. All income and earnings, including pensions, capital and property, excluding a person’s home, is assessable as means.
A breakdown of recipients by county and gender is detailed in the tables below.
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
TABLE 1 – Number of recipients of Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's Contributory Pension per county and gender in the Republic Of Ireland *
|
County |
Female |
Male |
Total |
|
Carlow |
1,341 |
245 |
1,586 |
|
Cavan |
1,502 |
279 |
1,781 |
|
Clare |
2,500 |
498 |
2,998 |
|
Cork |
11,770 |
2,022 |
13,792 |
|
Donegal |
3,009 |
611 |
3,620 |
|
Dublin |
25,625 |
4,746 |
30,371 |
|
Galway |
4,888 |
930 |
5,818 |
|
Kerry |
3,295 |
659 |
3,954 |
|
Kildare |
4,018 |
778 |
4,796 |
|
Kilkenny |
1,898 |
353 |
2,251 |
|
Laois |
1,443 |
301 |
1,744 |
|
Leitrim |
866 |
156 |
1,022 |
|
Limerick |
4,434 |
801 |
5,235 |
|
Longford |
903 |
173 |
1,076 |
|
Louth |
2,589 |
572 |
3,161 |
|
Mayo |
3,025 |
636 |
3,661 |
|
Meath |
3,501 |
665 |
4,166 |
|
Monaghan |
1,284 |
275 |
1,559 |
|
Offaly |
1,639 |
340 |
1,979 |
|
Roscommon |
1,458 |
290 |
1,748 |
|
Sligo |
1,528 |
330 |
1,858 |
|
Tipperary |
3,989 |
694 |
4,683 |
|
Waterford |
2,807 |
466 |
3,273 |
|
Westmeath |
1,959 |
402 |
2,361 |
|
Wexford |
3,586 |
621 |
4,207 |
|
Wicklow |
3,000 |
535 |
3,535 |
|
Grand Total |
97,857 |
18,378 |
116,235 |
* WSCPCP is also paid to another 7,760 customers resident outside ROI.
TABLE 2 – Number of recipients of Widow’s, Widower’s or Surviving Civil Partner’s Non Contributory Pension per county and gender in the Republic Of Ireland
|
County |
Female |
Male |
Total |
|
Carlow |
10 |
1 |
11 |
|
Cavan |
18 |
2 |
20 |
|
Clare |
31 |
4 |
35 |
|
Cork |
99 |
4 |
103 |
|
Donegal |
52 |
9 |
61 |
|
Dublin |
224 |
39 |
263 |
|
Galway |
68 |
12 |
80 |
|
Kerry |
35 |
10 |
45 |
|
Kildare |
20 |
6 |
26 |
|
Kilkenny |
13 |
5 |
18 |
|
Laois |
19 |
1 |
20 |
|
Leitrim |
7 |
1 |
8 |
|
Limerick |
35 |
8 |
43 |
|
Longford |
13 |
2 |
15 |
|
Louth |
32 |
7 |
39 |
|
Mayo |
41 |
8 |
49 |
|
Meath |
17 |
5 |
22 |
|
Monaghan |
17 |
7 |
24 |
|
Offaly |
15 |
5 |
20 |
|
Roscommon |
19 |
2 |
21 |
|
Sligo |
11 |
3 |
14 |
|
Tipperary |
41 |
7 |
48 |
|
Waterford |
25 |
1 |
26 |
|
Westmeath |
30 |
0 |
30 |
|
Wexford |
35 |
13 |
48 |
|
Wicklow |
26 |
4 |
30 |
|
Total |
953 |
166 |
1,119 |