Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 18 May 2017

Select Committee on Social Protection

Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised)

10:40 am

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is correct. The reason for that is the reductions in the other areas. We anticipate that humanitarian aid will fall from €1.7 million to €500,000 because we hope there will not be any major floods or similar things in 2017. The allocation for direct provision is going down as well because the number of people in direct provision is decreasing. We are estimating a fall in things such as heat and light from €6.7 million to €4.5 million. When it comes to ENPs and UNPs, we are not anticipating a major change. It will go from €32.2 million to €31.5 million. It is demand-led so it may well come out higher.

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