Written answers
Wednesday, 6 June 2012
Department of Social Protection
Departmental Expenditure
10:00 pm
Alan Farrell (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Question 375: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the funding made available each year from her Department for lone parent financial support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26845/12]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The one-parent family payment (OFP) is made up of a personal rate for the parent and of extra amounts for dependent children. The payment rate for 2012 remains unchanged from 2011 and amounts to â¬188 per week â with a further â¬29.80 for each additional qualified child. The cost of the OFP scheme in 2010 and in 2011 was â¬1.11 billion â up from â¬751 million in 2005 and â¬480 million in 2000. This represents an expenditure increase of 57% on the scheme over the last decade. The cost of the scheme is estimated to be â¬1.06 billion in 2012.
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