Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 July 2026
456. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of jobseeker's payments who have received a jobseeker-related payment for ten years or more in aggregate whether continuously or intermittently; and the total annual cost of supporting these recipients. [52915/26]
View answerOf those in receipt of a Jobseeker's payment, including Jobseeker's Allowance, Jobseeker's Benefit, or Jobseeker's Pay-Related Benefit, as of 30 June 2026, there were 32,861 recipients who had been in receipt of a Jobseeker's payment for 10 years or more in aggregate over their lifetime.
Expenditure is recorded at the scheme level, not the individual level, and it is not possible to accurately attribute expenditure to individual level characteristics such as claim durations.
