Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services 2009 - Welfare.ie

older summary people and financialTable A18: Number of Persons in each Social Insurance Class, 2007 and 200820Insurance ClassInsured forNumber insured2007 (1) 2008 (2)Male Female Total Male Female TotalA All Benefits (3) 1,256,114 1,158,545 2,414,659 1,234,046 1,163,152 2,397,198B Widow/er’s (Contributory) Pensions, 16,556 12,131 28,687 16,400 12,021 28,421Bereavement Grant, Guardian’sPayment (Contributory), Carer’sBenefit and limited Injuries Benefits.C Widow/er’s (Contributory) Pensions, 782 108 890 745 139 884Bereavement Grant, Carer’s Benefit andGuardian’s Payment (Contributory).D Widow/er’s (Contributory) Pensions, 35,038 45,563 80,601 34,855 44,357 79,212Guardian’s Payment (Contributory),Bereavement Grant, Carer’s Benefit andOccupational Injuries Benefits.E All benefits except Jobseeker’s Benefit, 132 28 160 135 31 166Bereavement Grant and OccupationalInjuries Benefits.H All benefits on discharge. Treatment 8,024 423 8,447 8,093 425 8,518Benefit, Bereavement Grant, Carer’sBenefit and Widow/er’s (Contributory)Pension (in certain cases) duringserviceJ (4) Occupational Injuries Benefits. 13,955 16,137 30,092 16,901 17,016 33,917K No Social Insurance benefits. Class K 27,894 11,181 39,075 30,890 11,842 42,732consists of the Health Contribution.M Occupational Injuries Benefits in 97,996 70,213 168,209 106,107 72,700 178,807certain circumstances.P Treatment Benefit and limited14 0 14 14 0 14Jobseeker’s and Illness Benefits.S Widow/er’s (Contributory) Pensions,Guardian’s Payment (Contributory),State Pension (Contributory),Bereavement Grant, Maternity Benefitand Adoptive Benefit.284,466 77,303 361,769 262,078 74,109 338,187High Rate + Low Rate: State1,250 790 2,040 1,367 919 2,286Pension (Transition), StatePension (Contributory), Widow/er’s(Contributory) Pension, Guardian’sPayment (Contributory) andBereavement Grant.Voluntary ContributorsTOTAL 1,742,221 1,392,422 3,134,643 1,711,631 1,396,711 3,108,342(1) Revised figures(2) Provisional figures(3) This includes 173,338 and 216,988 people in 2007 and 2008 respectively in receipt of credited contributions.(4) Class J includes FAS and other trainees.Note: The figures for 2008 represent the most recent out-turn of End-of-Year returns received for the Revenue Commissioners for both employees and self-employedcontributors. For example, the Self-Employed figures represent the number of self-employed returns received in the Department at the time the extraction exercise was carriedout. As the transfer of End of Year data is an ongoing process, these figure should not be viewed as an estimate of the final outturn of contributors for that year. Data for2009 is not yet processed.<strong>Statistical</strong> <strong>Information</strong> on Social Welfare Services 2009