Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
Ceist:397. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the current number of recipients for each social welfare scheme. [22796/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraDáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 May 2024
397. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the current number of recipients for each social welfare scheme. [22796/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe data requested by the Deputy on the number of recipients end April 2024 is shown in the following table.
Scheme |
Number of recipients |
Accommodation Recognition Claim |
10,770 |
Adoptive Parent Benefit |
10 |
Back to Education Allowance |
2,999 |
Back to Work Enterprise Allowance |
1,887 |
Back to Work Scheme Family Dividend |
2,107 |
Benefit Payment for 65 Year Olds |
4,110 |
Blind Pension |
961 |
Carer's Allowance |
96,597 |
Carer's Benefit |
3,987 |
Child Benefit |
671,931 |
Daily Expenses Allowance |
17,567 |
Dental Benefit |
88,653 |
Deserted Wife's Allowance |
34 |
Deserted Wife's Benefit |
4,151 |
Diet Supplement |
1,004 |
Disability Allowance |
163,874 |
Disablement Benefit |
14,313 |
Domiciliary Care Scheme |
54,973 |
Farm Assist |
3,800 |
Free Travel |
1,099,580 |
Fuel Allowance |
395,990 |
Guardians Payment (Contributory) |
1,289 |
Guardians Payment (Non-Contributory) |
623 |
Health And Safety Benefit |
29 |
Heat Supplement |
861 |
Household Benefits Package |
525,844 |
Illness Benefit |
52,524 |
Incapacity Supplement |
702 |
Invalidity Pension |
56,945 |
Jobseeker's Allowance |
114,054 |
Jobseeker's Benefit |
31,221 |
Jobseeker's Benefit for the Self Employed |
718 |
Jobseeker's Transitional Payment |
20,276 |
JobsPlus |
606 |
Magdalen Payment |
372 |
Maternity Benefit |
18,612 |
Medical & Surgical Appliances |
2,272 |
Medical Care |
364 |
Mortgage Supplement |
170 |
Occupational Injuries Benefit |
666 |
Occupational Injuries Pension |
699 |
One Parent Family Payment |
44,147 |
Optical Benefit |
42,617 |
Parents Benefit |
5,276 |
Partial Capacity Benefit |
2,852 |
Part-Time Job Incentive |
86 |
Paternity Benefit |
610 |
Rent Allowance |
37 |
Rent Supplement |
7,373 |
Respite Care Grant |
131,721 |
Short Term Enterprise Allowance |
229 |
State Pension Contributory |
516,936 |
State Pension Non Contributory |
100,084 |
Supplementary Welfare Allowance |
12,272 |
Systematic Short Time Workers |
665 |
Travel Supplement |
212 |
Widow(er)'s Contributory Pension |
125,950 |
Widows Non Contributory Pension |
1,037 |
Work Placement Employment Programme |
181 |
Working Family Payment |
45,980 |