Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 5 February 2025
695. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker's benefit in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3018/25]
Amharc ar fhreagra696. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker's benefit for the self-employed in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3019/25]
Amharc ar fhreagra719. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of benefit payment for 65-year-olds in County Clare, in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3047/25]
Amharc ar fhreagra739. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of benefit payment for 65-year-olds in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3350/25]
Amharc ar fhreagra743. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3355/25]
Amharc ar fhreagra744. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit for the self-employed in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if' he will make a statement on the matter. [3356/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 695, 696, 719, 739, 743, 744 together.
The number of recipients of Jobseeker's Benefit in County Clare for each of the years 2020 - 2024 are shown below. Note that Jobseeker's Benefit for the Self-Employed and Benefit Payment for 65-year-olds are administered as part of the Jobseeker's Benefit scheme. As such, county breakdowns are not separately available for these forms of Jobseeker’s Benefit. The table below details the number of recipients of Jobseeker’s Benefit for county Clare in each of the years requested. These numbers are inclusive of any recipients of Jobseeker's Benefit for the Self-Employed and Benefit Payment for 65-year-olds. Note that Benefit Payment for 65-year-olds was introduced in February 2021.
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- |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
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Jobseeker's Benefit |
1046 |
1120 |
1169 |
1070 |
1101 |
The Deputy may also be interested to know that the number of people on Jobseeker's Benefit 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).
