Social Welfare Schemes

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 May 2024

Tuesday, 21 May 2024

Ceisteanna (398)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Ceist:

398. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the average, median, maximum and minimum number of recipients for each social welfare scheme in 2023. [22797/24]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Social Protection

The data requested by the Deputy for the number of recipients by welfare scheme in 2023 is shown in the following table.

Scheme	Average	Median	Maximum	Minimum
Accommodation Recognition Claim	6,740	6,612	9,003	4,586
Adoptive Parent Benefit	10	10	15	7
Back to Education Allowance	2,305	3,103	3,567	192
Back To School Clothing And Footwear Allowance	103,917	141,235	153,352	.
Back to Work Enterprise Allowance	2,146	2,126	2,277	2,011
Back to Work Scheme Family Dividend	2,458	2,477	2,665	2,255
Benefit Payment for 65 Year Olds	4,090	4,064	4,285	3,964
Blind Pension	984	987	1,000	967
Carer's Allowance	94,012	93,885	95,787	92,682
Carer's Benefit	3,821	3,847	3,921	3,615
Child Benefit	651,720	652,095	656,057	647,374
Daily Expenses Allowance	12,086	12,144	14,660	9,396
Dental Benefit	67,451	64,026	93,746	44,361
Deserted Wife's Allowance	39	39	42	35
Deserted Wife's Benefit	4,438	4,436	4,617	4,248
Diet Supplement	1,145	1,141	1,221	1,069
Disability Allowance	160,059	159,917	162,326	158,048
Disablement Benefit	14,362	14,360	14,388	14,336
Domiciliary Care Scheme	52,061	52,178	53,656	50,414
Farm Assist	4,233	4,225	4,464	4,031
Free Travel	1,073,351	1,073,234	1,089,411	1,056,430
Fuel Allowance	387,673	386,792	399,674	376,370
Guardians Payment (Contributory)	1,185	1,182	1,240	1,139
Guardians Payment (Non-Contributory)	577	574	598	567
Health And Safety Benefit	34	35	39	26
Household Benefits Package	515,900	514,980	523,301	509,274
Heat Supplement	931	923	971	901
Illness Benefit	57,813	58,245	60,422	54,654
Incapacity Supplement	721	722	732	707
Invalidity Pension	56,289	56,311	56,650	55,799
Jobseeker's Allowance	120,893	121,783	126,642	114,184
Jobseeker's Benefit	30,756	29,707	36,976	28,260
Jobseeker's Benefit for the Self Employed	623	637	732	515
Jobseeker's Transitional Payment	20,030	19,985	20,374	19,738
JobsPlus	762	749	865	650
Magdalen Payment	388	389	396	379
Maternity Benefit	19,047	18,956	19,974	18,330
Medical & Surgical Appliances	2,099	2,138	2,657	1,472
Medical Care	260	263	330	191
Mortgage Supplement	265	261	317	223
Occupational Injuries Benefit	563	552	634	496
Occupational Injuries Pension	705	705	713	697
One Parent Family Payment	43,839	43,803	44,355	43,207
Optical Benefit	40,399	42,016	44,925	32,405
Parents Benefit	4,857	4,992	5,714	4,037
Partial Capacity Benefit	2,984	2,998	3,078	2,891
Part-Time Job Incentive	102	105	112	85
Paternity Benefit	634	634	763	342
Rent Allowance	37	37	37	35
Rent Supplement	8,252	8,148	8,907	7,861
Respite Care Grant	126,237	127,433	129,701	120,430
Short Term Enterprise Allowance	218	212	261	171
State Pension Contributory	496,344	496,513	506,724	485,520
State Pension Non Contributory	98,901	98,813	100,201	97,755
Supplementary Welfare Allowance	11,912	11,930	12,842	11,307
Systematic Short Time Workers	811	771	1,128	601
Travel Supplement	225	227	234	215
Widow(er)'s Contributory Pension	125,368	125,341	125,943	124,734
Widows Non Contributory Pension	1,061	1,056	1,086	1,048
Work Placement Employment Programme	159	160	188	126
Working Family Payment	46,175	46,187	47,152	45,365