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Social Welfare Payments

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 5 February 2025

Wednesday, 5 February 2025

Questions (694, 697, 742, 745)

Timmy Dooley

Question:

694. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker's allowance in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3017/25]

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Timmy Dooley

Question:

697. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker's transitional payment in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3020/25]

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Donna McGettigan

Question:

742. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3354/25]

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Donna McGettigan

Question:

745. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of jobseeker’s transitional payment in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3357/25]

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Written answers

I propose to take questions Nos. 693, 698, 741 and 746 together.

The number of recipients of Jobseeker's Allowance and Jobseeker's Transitional Payment in County Clare for each of the years 2020 - 2024 are shown below.

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2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Jobseeker's Allowance

3144

2925

4290

3906

2995

Jobseeker's Transitional Payment

292

333

551

579

497

The Deputy may also be interested to know that the number of people on these schemes by year, including a breakdown by county, is available in the Annual Statistics Reports published by the Statistics Unit of the Department of Social Protection on gov.ie (currently available up to 2023).

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