Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services 2009 - Welfare.ie

supplementary welfare allowance90Table H14: Short Term and Long Term recipients of Rent Supplement by Primary Payment, 2009All Cases Short Term 18 MonthsPayment TypeState Pensions 1,567 1.7% 545 0.9% 1,022 2.9%Pre-Retirement Allowance 113 0.1% 12 0.0% 101 0.3%Widows and Widower’s Pensions 442 0.5% 194 0.3% 248 0.7%One-Parent Family Payment 16,042 17.2% 7,015 12.1% 9,027 25.7%Invalidity Pension 1,039 1.1% 336 0.6% 703 2.0%Illness Benefit 2,674 2.9% 1,860 3.2% 814 2.3%Disability Allowance 10,085 10.8% 4,262 7.4% 5,823 16.6%Long-Term Jobseeker’s Allowance 16,595 17.8% 10,177 17.6% 6,418 18.3%Short-Term Jobseeker’s Allowance 10,862 11.7% 7,879 13.6% 2,983 8.5%Jobseeker’s Benefit 10,787 11.6% 9,803 16.9% 984 2.8%Supplementary Welfare Allowance 13,126 14.1% 10,178 17.6% 2,948 8.4%Employment Support Services (1) 3,555 3.8% 1,949 3.4% 1,606 4.6%DSS (UK) 350 0.4% 150 0.3% 200 0.6%Other 5,793 6.2% 3,537 6.1% 2,256 6.4%Total 93,030 100.0% 57,897 100.0% 35,133 100.0%(1) Includes Back to Work Allowance, Community Employment, Back to Education Allowance, VTOS and FAS At December 2009 there were 93,030 households in receipt of a Rent Supplement payment, of which 34,924 are the Target group for theRental Accommodation Scheme that have been in receipt of a payment for 18 months or longer. This group of 34,924 is derived from an analysis of those in receipt of a Rent Supplement payment in June 2008 and in receipt of a Rent Supplementpayment at every three monthly interval thereafter.Note: The 35,133 Long Term cases includes Asylum Seekers that are not included in the Target group of 34,924 for transfer to the Rental Accommodation Scheme.<strong>Statistical</strong> <strong>Information</strong> on Social Welfare Services 2009