Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 July 2025
599. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of fish assist applications received by his Department; and the number of these applications that were approved in each year from 2014 to date, in tabular form. [37845/25]
Amharc ar fhreagra600. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of fish assist applications approved in each county in each year from 2014 to date, in tabular form. [37846/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 599 and 600 together.
Fish Assist is a form of Jobseekers Allowance. A self-employed fisherman or woman on a low income may apply for Fish Assist which, in itself, is not a separate scheme but falls under the jobseeker's allowance (JA) scheme.
To enable the accurate enumeration of recipients of Fish Assist, the Department uses a unique administrative code which is applied to a claim that has already been awarded. Statistics are maintained on the total applications, awards, refusals, and withdrawals for Jobseeker’s Allowance but such detailed data is not separately collated in respect of Fish Assist. Accordingly, the data sought cannot be provided in the manner referred to by the Deputy.
The number of Fish Assist recipients by county as of the 31 December of each year from 2014 - 2024 is provided beneath. Note that the figures for some counties were combined to avoid disclosing information about individual customers.
|
County |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Cavan/Louth/Mayo/Sligo/Westmeath |
24 |
21 |
18 |
19 |
17 |
11 |
10 |
7 |
8 |
7 |
5 |
|
Clare/Cork/Kerry/Limerick |
41 |
35 |
29 |
21 |
22 |
15 |
11 |
13 |
10 |
11 |
9 |
|
Donegal |
14 |
16 |
14 |
10 |
12 |
10 |
10 |
8 |
9 |
6 |
8 |
|
Galway |
31 |
32 |
28 |
25 |
24 |
29 |
25 |
25 |
24 |
18 |
14 |
|
Waterford |
12 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
11 |
10 |
9 |
8 |
6 |
5 |
|
Dublin/Wexford/Wicklow |
14 |
12 |
15 |
14 |
14 |
12 |
11 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
7 |
|
Total |
136 |
127 |
115 |
100 |
100 |
88 |
77 |
71 |
68 |
57 |
48 |
