Social Insurance: 2 Apr 2008: Written answers (KildareStreet.com)

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Wednesday, 2 April 2008

Department of Social and Family Affairs

Social Insurance

9:00 pm

Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 549: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on a query by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11308/08]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The person concerned is currently in receipt of a Special Partial (self-employed) State Pension (Contributory), payable at €111.70 per week. Social insurance contributions (Class S PRSI) were introduced for self-employed people on 6th April 1988. However the person concerned had reached age 56 by that date, and therefore did not qualify for a standard rate State Pension (Contributory), as he did not satisfy the condition of entering social insurance before age 56. A Special Partial State Pension (Contributory) was introduced for this category of self-employed people, with effect from 9th April 1999, and the person concerned qualified for that pension. There is no facility in place for the person concerned to buy back contributions in order to increase the rate of his State Pension (Contributory).

The person concerned has been provided with the option of applying for the State Pension (Non-Contributory), which is a social assistance scheme based on an assessment of means. In order to have his entitlement to this pension examined, he should submit a completed application form to my Department.

Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 550: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will provide a monthly schedule, in respect of 2008, of the planned expenditure under each sub-heading as set out in the revised Estimates for Public Services Vote 38, and the actual expenditure for each heading for January and February 2008; and if he will provide the expected monthly income to the social insurance fund for each month in 2008 and the actual income received for January and February 2008. [11341/08]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested is given in the following tables. Table A sets out the 2008 monthly schedule of planned expenditure for Vote 38 and Table B sets out the corresponding expenditure, and income, for the Social Insurance Fund. Tables C and D show actual expenditure incurred and income received in the month of January for Vote 38 and the Social Insurance Fund, respectively. Full expenditure data for the month of February is not yet available.

Table A
DSFA Vote 2008: Estimated Monthly Expenditure and Income*
		Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
		€'000s	€'000s	€'000s	€'000s	€'000s	€'000s	€'000s	€'000s	€'000s	€'000s	€'000s	€'000s	€'000s
	Administration
A.1	Salaries etc.	16,069	17,820	16,685	16,355	23,304	16,783	16,039	17,968	17,416	23,738	17,578	17,189	216,944
A.2	Travel & Subsistence	320	379	450	433	447	500	418	379	466	470	494	819	5,575
A.3	Incidental Expenses	769	679	774	757	766	788	748	706	991	816	956	10,196	18,946
A.4	Postal & Telecommunications	372	1,547	2,105	1,135	1,243	1,965	1,109	1,195	1,943	1,267	1,431	3,165	18,477
A.5	Office Machinery	816	1,378	2,831	2,345	4,937	2,453	1,895	1,266	3,177	2,100	3,358	5,828	32,384
A.6	Office Premises Expenses	569	634	619	497	490	746	972	607	906	1,030	733	1,504	9,307
A.7	Consultancy Services	0	68	94	53	53	94	53	53	53	94	1,228	1,628	3,471
A.8	Agency Services	2,779	10,279	2,822	2,801	10,322	2,716	2,818	10,826	2,751	2,682	11,206	7,254	69,256
A.9	eGov. — REACH	653	548	2,150	603	580	2,264	605	565	2,122	655	570	2,315	13,630
A.10	Value for Money and Policy Reviews	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	29	28	27	28	26	340
A.11	eGovernment Related Projects	21	16	85	635	658	1,370	892	1,301	792	1,922	1,272	2,266	11,230
	sub-total	22,397	33,377	28,644	25,643	42,829	29,708	25,577	34,895	30,645	34,801	38,854	52,190	399,560
	Social Assistance
B	State Pension (Non-Con)	70,599	95,252	71,539	74,614	90,023	73,260	75,096	88,166	74,633	87,918	74,454	88,456	964,010
C	Blind Pension	1,183	1,565	1,193	1,230	1,483	1,208	1,239	1,461	1,220	1,450	1,219	1,429	15,880
D	Child Benefit	187,900	191,900	191,200	199,700	218,000	211,200	193,800	207,000	204,500	211,600	222,700	229,700	2,469,200
E	Jobseekers Allowance	85,086	78,987	75,761	84,135	85,572	77,153	94,425	84,174	87,152	88,079	76,953	102,323	1,019,800
F	Farm Assist Scheme	7,225	6,301	5,884	5,922	7,162	5,838	6,864	6,293	5,939	7,168	5,829	14,855	85,280
G	Employment Support Services	15,074	14,003	16,150	13,696	16,661	7,310	7,484	7,909	13,842	16,369	14,806	18,258	161,562
H	Pre-Retirement Allowance	11,560	9,851	9,792	10,272	11,951	10,027	12,711	10,402	10,611	12,319	10,146	14,018	133,660
I	One Parent Family Payment	94,752	79,496	79,381	79,616	99,015	81,558	99,995	84,173	83,399	101,510	83,065	116,190	1,082,150
J	Widows', Widowers' & Guardians (Non-Con)	1,884	2,429	2,035	2,015	2,406	1,954	1,995	2,331	1,978	2,317	1,981	2,325	25,650
K	Social Assistance Allowances	603	587	539	528	637	517	606	532	507	603	496	655	6,810
L	Family Income Supplement	16,003	13,709	13,775	13,943	16,896	14,018	17,409	14,270	14,805	17,928	15,211	20,233	188,200

		Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
		€'000s	€'000s	€'000s	€'000s	€'000s	€'000s	€'000s	€'000s	€'000s	€'000s	€'000s	€'000s	€'000s
	Social Assistance—continued
M	Carer's Allowance	32,115	30,537	28,682	29,149	35,816	29,885	35,475	32,546	31,626	38,539	32,608	55,322	412,300
N	Supplementary Welfare Allowances	60,548	57,260	57,462	57,993	60,953	67,834	80,401	66,352	62,189	61,133	55,498	84,908	772,531
O	Disability Allowance	87,188	82,702	73,392	91,038	79,297	77,084	94,278	78,921	78,992	95,049	78,501	109,348	1,025,790
P	Respite Care Grant	668	1,083	813	687	448	66,696	8,978	4,023	3,081	2,085	2,018	1,220	91,800
Q	Free Schemes (Assistance)	34,938	27,484	27,627	22,037	15,493	15,338	15,503	15,172	17,780	33,298	29,668	33,628	287,966
R	Money Advice and Budgeting Service	7,985	40	110	54	50	240	8,116	40	75	290	350	600	17,950
S	Grant to Family Support Agency	971	1,248	1,089	1,051	1,844	7,939	4,422	2,863	2,668	4,769	5,498	5,019	39,380
T.1	Grant to Combat Poverty Agency (Grant-in-Aid)	200	200	528	360	350	410	400	250	347	400	500	623	4,568
T.2	EU Programme — Employment & Social Solidarity	0	0	0	0	0	40	0	0	40	0	0	43	123
U	Grant to Citizens Information Board	6,000	2,000	1,750	3,500	1,750	2,000	3,500	2,000	2,000	3,500	2,000	954	30,954
V.	Dormant Accounts — Econ/Soc Disadvantage	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,000	1,000
W	Miscellaneous Services	13,793	3,974	1,325	1,549	385	447	280	3,896	2,188	3,291	3,414	2,711	37,253
	Gross Total	758,672	733,985	688,671	718,732	789,021	781,664	788,554	747,669	730,218	824,416	755,769	956,008	9,273,377
	Deduct:
X	Appropiations-in-Aid	16,420	16,346	16,521	16,331	16,405	16,473	16,233	16,274	16,569	16,232	16,279	17,447	197,530
	Net Total	742,252	717,639	672,150	702,401	772,616	765,191	772,321	731,395	713,649	808,184	739,490	938,561	9,075,847
	Total Capital	333	333	1,518	1,383	3,030	1,056	1,152	886	1,602	1,020	1,584	1,573	15,470
	Total Current	741,919	717,306	670,632	701,018	769,586	764,135	771,169	730,509	712,047	807,164	737,906	936,988	9,060,377
*The monthly figures are indicative only — in demand-led schemes actual expenditure will vary from this profile.

Table B
2008 Social Insurance Fund: Estimated Monthly Expenditure & Income*
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
	€'000s	€'000s	€'000s	€'000s	€'000s	€'000s	€'000s	€'000s	€'000s	€'000s	€'000s	€'000s	€'000s
Income:
Income from Contributions	650,000	800,000	670,000	690,000	660,000	620,000	680,000	640,000	630,000	690,000	879,000	640,000	8,249,000
Income from Investments	12,933	12,933	12,933	12,933	12,933	12,933	12,933	12,933	12,933	12,933	12,933	12,937	155,200
Rent	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	19
Receipts: Reciprocal Arrangements	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	49	49
Total Income	662,933	812,933	682,933	702,943	672,933	632,933	692,933	652,933	642,933	702,942	891,933	652,986	8,404,268
Expenditure:
Illness Benefit	68,955	68,321	69,632	67,987	75,483	63,009	75,231	67,744	71,574	74,515	65,082	65,747	833,280
Invalidity Pension	59,532	54,218	51,608	51,292	62,738	50,653	61,335	51,781	50,882	61,737	50,542	69,682	676,000
Occupational Injuries Benefit	9,971	8,773	8,630	8,688	10,097	8,457	9,944	8,608	8,560	9,945	8,347	10,870	110,890
Maternity Benefit	20,655	19,555	23,586	18,472	21,950	17,235	17,689	19,442	24,104	19,334	18,775	53,303	274,100
Health & Safety Benefit	41	48	57	50	61	50	56	58	73	61	61	-56	560
Adoptive Benefit	99	114	134	115	120	98	110	123	137	128	117	145	1,440
Treatment Benefit	5,506	6,443	6,958	6,185	5,980	7,195	6,917	6,895	21,440	6,848	6,464	8,069	94,900
State Pension (Con)	222,879	296,395	224,936	232,092	283,342	229,299	232,766	280,491	231,920	279,690	231,716	273,374	3,018,900
State Pension (Trans)	7,995	7,312	6,096	6,165	7,204	6,392	8,158	6,594	6,202	7,299	6,207	7,926	83,550
Jobseekers Benefit	59,337	52,836	49,096	49,284	53,493	45,209	57,920	55,068	46,474	51,799	42,565	51,439	614,520
Widow's, Widower's and Guardians (Con)	95,163	121,535	100,731	99,600	120,674	98,053	100,005	119,533	99,887	118,963	100,031	117,895	1,292,070
Widowed Parent Grant	296	562	349	627	333	506	811	1,059	448	488	507	614	6,600
Deserted Wifes Benefit	9,063	8,621	8,031	7,926	9,600	7,691	9,174	7,925	7,636	9,172	7,527	10,214	102,580
Carer's Benefit	2,935	2,341	2,328	2,317	2,880	2,319	2,877	2,297	2,285	2,808	2,238	3,855	31,480
Bereavement Grant	958	1,477	1,227	1,264	1,759	1,934	1,429	1,557	1,016	1,438	1,977	964	17,000
Free Schemes (Insurance)	28,692	24,895	24,204	20,272	16,799	13,260	15,668	16,039	18,570	26,370	23,618	25,628	254,015
Redundancy & Insolvency	14,309	14,309	14,309	14,309	14,309	14,309	14,309	14,309	14,309	14,309	14,309	14,301	171,700
Administration	16,843	16,763	34,406	16,763	16,763	34,406	16,763	16,763	34,406	17,476	16,763	34,452	272,567
Total Expenditure	623,229	704,518	626,318	603,408	703,585	600,075	631,162	676,286	639,923	702,380	596,846	748,422	7,856,152
Excess of Income Over Expenditure	39,704	108,415	56,615	99,535	-30,652	32,858	61,771	-23,353	3,010	562	295,087	-95,436	548,116
Add:
Amount of Fund surplus as at 31 December 2007	3,630,800												3,630,800
Cumulative Fund Surplus	3,670,504	3,778,919	3,835,534	3,935,069	3,904,417	3,937,275	3,999,046	3,975,693	3,978,703	3,979,265	4,274,352	4,178,916	4,178,916
* The monthly figures are indicative only — in demand-led schemes actual monthly expenditure will vary from the above profiles.

Table C
DSFA Vote Expenditure and Income — January 2008
Subhead	€
A1 Salaries, Wages & Allowances	15,929,895
A2 Travel & Subsistence	235,642
A3 Incidental Expenses	656,654
A4 Postal & Telecommunications	343,794
A5 Office Machinery/Office Supplies	618,252
A6 Office Premises Expenses	440,096
A7 Consultancy Services	0
A8 Payment for Agency Services	2,613,733
A9 eGovernment — REACH	508,384
A10 Value for Money & Policy Reviews	16,293
A11 e-Government Related Projects	7,335
Administration Subtotal	21,370,078
B State Pension (Non-Con)	72,007,375
C Blind Pension	1,193,081
D Child Benefit	183,909,914
E Jobseeker's Allowance	84,743,336
F Farm Assist Scheme	7,406,867
G Employment Support Services	16,065,213
H Pre-Retirement Allowance	11,450,159
I One-Parent Family Payment	93,820,579
J Widow(er)s & Guardians Payment	1,853,464
K Social Assistance & Other Allowances	586,839
L Family Income Supplement	15,992,007
M Carers Allowance	33,219,807
N Supplementary Welfare Allowances	60,532,668
O Disability Allowance	85,514,051
P Respite Care Grant	958,444
Q Free Schemes (Assistance)	34,725,659
R Money Advice & Budgeting Service	7,992,923
S Grant to Family Support Agency	0
T1 Grant to the Combat Poverty Agency	200,000
T2 EU Programme — Employment & Social Solidarity	240
U Grant to Citizens Information Board	6,000,000
V Dormant Accounts — Economic & Social Disadvantage	0
W Miscellaneous Services	17,920,263
Losses	0
Gross Total	757,462,967
Deduct
X Appropriations-in-Aid	-17,606,001
Net Total	739,856,966

Table D
Social Insurance Fund Expenditure & Income — January 2008
Scheme
	€
Income
Income from Contributions	649,034,917
Income from Investments	22,402,546
Rent	0
Reciprocal Arrangements	0
Total Receipts	671,437,463
Expenditure
Illness Benefit	71,730,834
Invalidity Pension	57,567,885
Occupational Injuries Benefits	8,832,701
Maternity Benefit	23,200,307
Health & Safety Benefit	44,194
Adoptive Benefit	124,276
Treatment Benefits	4,325,648
State (Con) Pension	222,355,932
State Pension (Transition)	7,385,643
Jobseeker's Benefit	61,904,262
Widow(er)s & Guardians (Con) Payment	96,672,311
Widowed Parent Grant	251,300
Deserted Wife's Benefit	8,952,116
Carer's Benefit	4,073,362
Bereavement Grant	1,397,525
Free Schemes (Insurance)	25,796,816
Redundancy & Insolvency Payments	9,409,992
Administration Expenses	16,679,000
Total Payments	620,704,104
Excess of Income over Expenditure	50,733,359
Fund Surplus at end 2007 (Provisional)	3,630,800,000
Cumulative Fund Surplus	3,681,533,359

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