Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide in tabular form social protection spending both as a percentage of gross domestic product and in nominal terms by year from 1992 to 2011. [41522/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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In 2011, the expenditure on Social Protection was just under €21 billion, or 13.4% of Gross Domestic Product. Expenditure details for the years requested by the deputy are in the following tabular statement.

Total Welfare Expenditure as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product, 1992 to 2011