Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 December 2022
431. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who moved from jobseeker’s transitional payment each year between the years 2013 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the locations that they transferred to, for example, jobseeker’s allowance, other specific social welfare payments, particular education and training schemes, employment and so on in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62293/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraJobseeker’s Transition Payment (JST) is a form of Jobseeker’s Allowance (JA) that aims to support lone parents into the workforce while they have young children. Administratively, JST is a subset of JA, and JST recipients are therefore not readily distinguishable from other JA recipients. As the Deputy may be aware, the ESRI examined the impact of changes to the One Parent Family Payment and the introduction of the JST scheme. The study found that lone parents impacted by the reforms were thirteen percentage points more likely to be at work, with an associated increase in employment earnings between 23% and 29%.
The volume of data requested by the Deputy would necessitate a comprehensive report to adequately examine, explain, and understand the intricacies of the data and my Department is not in a position to meet the Deputy's request in full. Recipients of JST at of 31 December 2021, and what payments, if any, they were in receipt of from my Department in November 2022, are set out in the table below.
Table 1 Persons in receipt of jobseeker’s transitional payment as of December 31st 2021 in receipt of another social protection payment (excluding jobseeker’s transitional payment) in November 2022
|
Scheme |
Number |
|
Back To Work Enterprise Allowance |
34 |
|
Back to Work Family Dividend |
292 |
|
Carer's Allowance |
284 |
|
Jobseeker's Allowance |
49 |
|
Other |
12 |
|
Total |
671 |
