Written answers
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
Department of Social and Family Affairs
Social Insurance
11:00 pm
Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 360: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will provide the schedule of the actual expenditure for each Estimate sub-heading for the first quarter of 2009 with a breakdown by social assistance and social insurance fund supported schemes; and if she will provide the actual income received by the Social Insurance Fund during this period. [16758/09]
Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested is given in the tables. Tables A and B show actual expenditure incurred and income received in the first two months of 2009 for Vote 38 and the Social Insurance Fund, respectively. The figures given are provisional and represent the most up to date information available. Full expenditure and income data to include the month of March will not be available until early May.
Table A: Expenditure under the Department of Social and Family Affairs Vote 38, 1st January - 28th February 2009 (provisional)
| ExpenditureAdministration | € |
| A1 Salaries, Wages & Allowances | 37,177,123 |
| A2 Travelling & Subsistence | 457,592 |
| A3 Incidental Expenses | 912,903 |
| A4 Postal & Telecommunications | 1,406,747 |
| A5 Office Machinery/Office Supplies | 1,850,830 |
| A6 Office Premises Expenses | 986,976 |
| A7 Consultancy Services | 52,883 |
| A8 Payment for Agency Services | 12,880,862 |
| A9 Value for Money & Policy Reviews | 49,517 |
| A10 e-Government Related Projects | 38,190 |
| Administration Subtotal | 55,813,623 |
| Schemes | |
| B State Pension (Non-Con) | 161,131,432 |
| C Blind Pension | 2,791,249 |
| D Child Benefit | 408,532,940 |
| E Jobseeker's Allowance | 233,894,015 |
| F Farm Assist Scheme | 13,883,568 |
| G Employment Support Services | 27,847,010 |
| H Pre-Retirement Allowances | 16,420,324 |
| I One-Parent Family Payment | 170,494,801 |
| J Widow(er)s & Guardian Payments (Non-Con) | 4,757,952 |
| K Social Assistance & Other Allowances | 956,193 |
| L Family Income Supplement | 26,766,049 |
| M Carers Allowances | 75,962,160 |
| N Supplementary Welfare Allowances | 149,532,359 |
| O Disability Allowance | 167,514,833 |
| P Respite Care Grant | 1,166,488 |
| Q Free Schemes (Assistance) | 74,703,440 |
| R Money Advice & Budgeting Service | 8,422,326 |
| S Grant to Family Support Agency | 9,467,920 |
| T1 Grant to the Combat Poverty Agency | 220,000 |
| T2 EU Program (Progress) 2007-2013 | 0 |
| U Grant to Citizens Information Board | 8,200,000 |
| V Dormant Accounts - Economic & Social Disadvantage | 386,676 |
| W. Domiciliary Care Allowance | 0 |
| X Miscellaneous Services | 16,527,094 |
| Schemes Subtotal | 1,579,578,829 |
| Gross TotalDeductY. Appropriations in Aid | 1,635,392,45234,841,710 |
| Net Total | 1,600,550,742 |
Table B: Income and Expenditure for the Social Insurance Fund, 1st January - 28th February 2009 (provisional)
| Income | € |
| Income from Contributions | 1,333,666,199 |
| Income from Investments | 12,827,705 |
| Total Income | 1,346,493,904 |
| Expenditure | |
| Illness Benefit | 144,888,748 |
| Invalidity Pension | 106,739,987 |
| Occupational Injuries Benefit | 17,849,583 |
| Maternity Benefit | 51,030,124 |
| Health & Safety Benefit | 96,322 |
| Adoptive Benefit | 180,409 |
| Treatment Benefit | 12,426,447 |
| State Pension Contributory | 596,483,971 |
| State Pension Transition | 15,151,476 |
| Jobseekers Benefit | 242,355,925 |
| Widow(er)s & Guardians (Con.) Pensions | 223,890,203 |
| Widowed Parent Grant | 899,500 |
| Deserted Wife's Benefit | 15,570,428 |
| Carer's Benefit | 4,895,425 |
| Bereavement Grant | 3,090,149 |
| Free Schemes | 51,879,117 |
| Redundancy & Insolvency | 29,016,471 |
| Administration Expenses | 33,678,000 |
| Total Expenditure | 1,550,122,285 |
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