331 Mr. Stafford asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will give details of the number of social welfare recipients by category; and if he will outline the total cost per category.

The information requested by the Deputy is given in the following table. More detailed information is available in the Department's report "Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services 1990", a copy of which has been sent to the Deputy.

Number of Recipients and Expenditure for 1991 on Weekly Social Welfare Payments