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EVERY WEEK, TheJournal.ie offers a selection of statistics and numerical nuggets to help you digest the week that has just passed.

30,000: The number of people who are set to turn 65 over the next 12 months and will be forced to claim unemployment benefit for two years as a result of changes to the pension age. 

€100,000: The value of the contract issued by An Garda Síochána for “media skills training”.

29: The percentage of Irish people who do not want any of the current main political party leaders as the next Taoiseach, according to a new opinion poll. 

€412,021: The amount of money raised by Christmas FM for Barretstown, the festive radio station’s chosen charity for 2019.

270: The number of times a taxi driver scammed passengers over a six-month period by secretly using a remote control to add €9 to fares. 

4: The number of Oscar nominations Saoirse Ronan has now received, picking up her latest for the Academy Award for Leading Actress for her role in the adaption of Little Women.

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5.5: The percentage of housing stock across the country that is within standard Housing Assistance Payment limits, according to a new study by the Simon Communities of Ireland.

11: The number of active insurance claims harvesting websites operating in Ireland, s a fall from 60 such websites in 2016. 

136: The number of gardaí who have had their transfers to the National Roads Policing Bureau delayed by the Garda Commissioner due to a lack of resources. 

132: The number of cases of mumps reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre last week, prompting the HSE to issue a fresh warning as students begin returning to schools and colleges.