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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]

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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

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