Written answers
Tuesday, 22 February 2022
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Welfare Benefits
Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients across all social assistance and social insurance payments, by payment type, as of February 2021, in tabular form. [9146/22]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The information requested is set out in the following table. The table outlines the breakdown of recipients by payment type for the main Department of Social Protection schemes, which were available, as of the end of February 2021.
Recipients by Payment Type (February 2021)
| Scheme | Cheque | Bank Transfer (EFT) | Post Office (EIT) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adoptive Benefit | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Back To Education Allowance | 2 | 5,531 | 464 | 5,997 |
| Back To Work Enterprise Allowance | 1 | 2,577 | 7 | 2,585 |
| Carer's Allowance | 15 | 56,520 | 32,739 | 89,274 |
| Carer's Benefit | 0 | 3,314 | 368 | 3,682 |
| Child Benefit | 0 | 530,350 | 105,660 | 636,010 |
| Community Employment Programme | 0 | 19,328 | 0 | 19,328 |
| Disability Allowance | 2 | 90,665 | 62,617 | 153,284 |
| Disablement Benefit | 1,413 | 13,376 | 664 | 15,453 |
| Farm Assist | 15 | 3,487 | 1,901 | 5,403 |
| Health and Safety Benefit | 0 | 26 | 0 | 26 |
| Illness Benefit | 2,948 | 45,013 | 1,178 | 49,139 |
| Injury Benefit | 75 | 780 | 8 | 863 |
| Invalidity Pension | 20 | 48,995 | 10,323 | 59,338 |
| Job Initiative | 0 | 546 | 0 | 546 |
| Jobseeker's Allowance | 1,435 | 58,235 | 80,698 | 140,368 |
| Jobseeker's Benefit | 765 | 32,603 | 2,531 | 35,899 |
| Maternity Benefit | 38 | 19,595 | 0 | 19,633 |
| One Parent Family Payment | 3 | 22,217 | 16,970 | 39,190 |
| Partial Capacity Benefit | 16 | 3,169 | 19 | 3,204 |
| Part-Time Job Incentive Scheme | 2 | 147 | 31 | 180 |
| Paternity Benefit | 13 | 588 | 0 | 601 |
| Rural Social Scheme | 0 | 3,045 | 0 | 3,045 |
| State Pension (Contributory) | 253 | 337,976 | 113,130 | 451,359 |
| State Pension (Non-Contributory) | 13 | 44,810 | 50,210 | 95,033 |
| Supplementary Welfare Allowance | 326 | 3,274 | 7,140 | 10,740 |
| Tús - Community Work Placement Scheme | 0 | 3,967 | 0 | 3,967 |
| Widow/er's or Surviving Civil Partner's Contributory Pension | 32 | 77,432 | 45,499 | 122,963 |
| Working Family Payment | 0 | 46,517 | 171 | 46,688 |
Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein)
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512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients across jobseeker’s benefit and related schemes as of February 2021; and the number of days that recipients been receiving payment, per scheme, in tabular form. [9147/22]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The information requested is set out in the following table, which outlines the recipient numbers for Jobseeker's Benefit related schemes, as of the end of February 2021, broken down by the average duration on each of these schemes.
| Scheme | Recipients | Average Duration (Days) |
|---|---|---|
| Jobseeker's Benefit | 17,986 | 125 |
| Jobseeker's Benefit - Casual | 12,281 | 198 |
| Systematic Short Time Workers | 3,320 | 148 |
| Over 65's | 2,312 | 201 |
| TOTAL | 35,899 |
Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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513. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for a benefit payment by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9185/22]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Benefit Payment for 65 Year Old's is a payment for people aged between 65 and 66 years who have ceased employment or self-employment. '
In order to be eligible for Benefit Payment for 65 Year Old's a person must satisfy all the conditions for the payment:
- Be aged between 65 and 66 years
- Have ceased employment or self-employment
- Be resident in the Republic of Ireland
- Satisfy the contribution conditions
In terms of the contribution conditions a person must have 39 contributions paid or credited in the year governing their claim; in this case the Governing Year is 2020.
If this condition is not satisfied a person must have 26 paid contributions in both the Governing Year (2020) and the year before (2019).
The person concerned has no recorded contributions in 2019 and 28 A contributions in 2020
Therefore, the person concerned does not satisfy the contribution conditions and thus does not qualify for this payment.A decision letter to this effect has been issued to her on the 16/02/2022.
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