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Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services 2009 - Welfare.ie

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summary and older financial peopleTable A13: Number of Beneficiar<strong>ie</strong>s of Weekly <strong>Social</strong> <strong>Welfare</strong> Payments by LifecycleStage, 2008 and <strong>2009</strong>Type of Payment Beneficiar<strong>ie</strong>s Change <strong>2009</strong>over 20082008 <strong>2009</strong>Family Income Supplement 85,817 81,679 -4.8%Guardian’s Payment (C<strong>on</strong>tributory) 833 860 3.2%Guardian’s Payment (N<strong>on</strong>-C<strong>on</strong>tributory) 437 420 -3.9%Total Children & Famil<strong>ie</strong>s 87,087 82,959 -4.7%Adoptive Benefit 68 64 -5.9%Back to Work Allowance Employee 7,185 3,921 -45.4%Back to Work Enterprise AllowanceSelf - Employed First Year 3,508 4,303 22.7%Back to Work Enterprise AllowanceSelf - Employed Years 2 - 4 7,232 6,106 -15.6%Back to Educati<strong>on</strong> Allowance 11,876 22,735 91.4%Carer’s Benefit 4,801 4,155 -13.5%Carer’s Allowance 71,935 82,892 15.2%Deserted Wife’s Benefit 11,404 10,523 -7.7%Deserted Wife’s Allowance 617 550 -10.9%Farm Assist 16,787 20,660 23.1%Health and Safety Benefit 71 58 -18.3%Illness Benefit 110,764 114,418 3.3%Jobseeker’s Benefit 169,001 229,059 35.5%Jobseeker’s Allowance 187,802 342,752 82.5%Maternity Benefit 23,421 23,294 -0.5%One-Parent Family Payment 233,620 240,511 2.9%Part-Time Job Incentive Scheme 184 173 -6.0%Pre-Retirement Allowance 12,177 10,094 -17.1%Pris<strong>on</strong>er’s Wife’s Allowance 1 0 -100.0%Widow/er’s (N<strong>on</strong>-C<strong>on</strong>tributory) Pensi<strong>on</strong> 2,042 1,998 -2.2%Total People of Working Age 874,494 1,118,266 27.9%Rent Allowance 217 192 -11.5%State Pensi<strong>on</strong> (C<strong>on</strong>tributory) 314,295 331,273 5.4%State Pensi<strong>on</strong> (Transiti<strong>on</strong>) 9,511 10,704 12.5%State Pensi<strong>on</strong> (N<strong>on</strong>-C<strong>on</strong>tributory) 101,577 101,349 -0.2%Widow/er’s (C<strong>on</strong>tributory) Pensi<strong>on</strong> 124,646 125,106 0.4%Total Retired & Older People 550,246 568,624 3.3%Invalidity Pensi<strong>on</strong> 78,853 77,042 -2.3%Injury Benefit 1,238 1,051 -15.1%Interim Illness Benefit 731 460 -37.1%Disablement Pensi<strong>on</strong> 13,824 14,669 6.1%Death Benefit Pensi<strong>on</strong> 799 761 -4.8%Disability Allowance 127,422 132,913 4.3%Blind Pensi<strong>on</strong> 1,930 1,945 0.8%Total People with Disabilit<strong>ie</strong>s 224,797 228,841 1.8%Supplementary <strong>Welfare</strong> Allowance (1) 63,251 77,566 22.6%Total Poverty & <strong>Social</strong> Inclusi<strong>on</strong> 63,251 77,566 22.6%Grand Total 1,799,875 2,076,256 15.4%(1) Includes basic weekly payments <strong>on</strong>ly. See Secti<strong>on</strong> H for details of other Supplementary <strong>Welfare</strong> Allowance payments.15<str<strong>on</strong>g>Statistical</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Informati<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Social</strong> <strong>Welfare</strong> <strong>Services</strong> <strong>2009</strong>

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