Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 November 2014
248. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the total number of recipients of non-contributory old age pension; the degree to which this number has fluctuated in the past six years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42163/14]
View answerThe number of recipients of State pension non-contributory (SPNC) is contained in the Department’s Annual Statistical Information Report which is published on the Department’s website www.welfare.ie on the following link:http://www.welfare.ie/en/downloads/Social-Stats-AR-2013-SectionB.pdf.
Section B of the report contains statistical information in relation to pensions and Table B3 outlines the information requested by the Deputy from 2004-2013.
In 2007 there were 97,726 in receipt of SPNC. This has declined slightly over the last six years and at the end of 2013 there were 95,801 recipients of SPNC.
