Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 29 September 2022
204. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of farmers or agricultural workers who have sought jobseeker's allowance, jobseeker's benefit or family income support in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [47786/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs of the end of August 2022, there were 332 farmers or agricultural sector workers in receipt of Jobseeker's Allowance, and 5,171 in receipt of Jobseeker's Benefit. Due to the movement of the Working Family Payment (WFP) scheme, formerly called Family Income Supplement, from a legacy system to a current system, the number of farmers or agricultural sector workers in receipt of WFP at the end of August is unavailable.
Table 1 below shows the number of farmers or agricultural sector workers in receipt of Jobseeker's Allowance, Jobseeker's Benefit or Working Family Payment at the end of December over the last 10 years.
Table 1: The number of recipients of Jobseeker's Allowance, Jobseeker's Benefit or Working Family Payment as at end December, 2012 to 2021.
|
Year |
Jobseeker's Allowance |
Jobseeker's Benefit |
Working Family Payment |
|
2021 |
5,721 |
343 |
284 |
|
2020 |
6,584 |
372 |
568 |
|
2019 |
7,043 |
482 |
650 |
|
2018 |
7,719 |
474 |
727 |
|
2017 |
8,752 |
521 |
816 |
|
2016 |
10,041 |
587 |
849 |
|
2015 |
11,548 |
748 |
862 |
|
2014 |
12,910 |
880 |
773 |
|
2013 |
13,494 |
1,002 |
561 |
|
2012 |
14,199 |
1,359 |
449 |
