Written answers
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
Department of Social Protection
Social Insurance
10:00 pm
Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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Question 33: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will be detailing changes to social insurance-related appropriations in aid in the outcome of her negotiation with other Departments as part of the Estimates process. [20320/11]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The appropriations-in-aid (A-in-A) from the Social Insurance Fund to the votes of various departments and agencies in 2011 are outlined in the table below.
| Service provider | Service provided | 2011 Estimate€ m |
| Department of Social Protection | Administration of Social Insurance Fund schemes | 177.28 |
| Revenue Commissioners | Collection of PRSI contributions | 37.437 |
| Department of Finance | Superannuation | 30 |
| Office of Public Works | Maintenance of buildings | 8.327 |
| Department of Environment, Community and Local Government | Rates on the Department's buildings | 0.741 |
| Comptroller and Auditor General | Audit of the Social Insurance Fund accounts | 0.14 |
| Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation | Certain expenses relating to the administration of the Redundancy and Insolvency schemes. | 1.52 |
The overall purpose of these A-in-As is the payment by the Social Insurance Fund (SIF) of expenses incurred by various departments and agencies in the administration of SIF schemes. The most significant A-in-A is an internal transfer between the Social Insurance Fund and the Department's own vote.
The appropriations in aid from the Social Insurance Fund to various votes in 2012 will be considered as part of the forthcoming estimates process. The amounts agreed for 2012 under each heading in the table above will be published in the revised estimates volume for 2012. Any changes agreed for 2012 relative to the appropriation in aid agreed for 2011 will therefore be readily discernible once finalised.
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