At the end of December 2011 there were 2,977 people in receipt of Rent Supplement in County Donegal, a fall of over 6% from the end of December 2010, when there were 3,194 people in receipt of Rent Supplement in County Donegal. 47% or 1,413 of the 2,977 people currently on Rent Supplement in County Donegal are on either Jobseeker's Allowance or Jobseeker's Benefit. These represent less than 7% of the numbers on the Live Register in Donegal.
At the end of December 2011 there were 434 people in receipt of Mortgage Interest Supplement in County Donegal, an increase of 18% from the end of December 2010, when there were 367 people in receipt of Mortgage Interest Supplement in County Donegal. 74% or 320 of the 434 people currently on Mortgage Interest Supplement in County Donegal are on either Jobseeker's Allowance or Jobseeker's Benefit. These represent less than 2% of the numbers on the Live Register in Donegal.
The number of persons in County Donegal in receipt of payments under the Household Benefits scheme is 18,099. The number of Household Benefits recipients includes persons whose primary income is derived from sources other than schemes included on the live register. It would therefore be inappropriate to express these figures as a percentage of persons on the live register.
The table sets out by scheme the number of persons currently on the live register in County Donegal.
Office
|
Jobseeker’s Allowance
|
Jobseeker’s Benefit
|
Credits
|
Totals
|
Ballybofey
|
2,118
|
445
|
86
|
2,649
|
Ballyshannon
|
1,126
|
321
|
100
|
1,547
|
Buncrana
|
3,711
|
697
|
240
|
4,648
|
Donegal
|
832
|
485
|
86
|
1,402
|
Dunfanaghy
|
1,234
|
272
|
146
|
1,652
|
Dungloe
|
1,571
|
457
|
232
|
2,260
|
Killybegs
|
595
|
511
|
102
|
1,208
|
Letterkenny
|
4,662
|
946
|
286
|
5,894
|
Total
|
15,849
|
4,134
|
1,278
|
21,261
|