Written answers
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
Department of Social Protection
Departmental Expenditure
Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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491. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the amount that was spent on the core weekly social protection rates for each of the past five years; the amount projected to be spent in 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34294/13]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The table below details the expenditure on weekly income support payments by programme made by the Department from 2008 to date. The 2013 data relates to the relevant expenditure included in the 2013 Revised Estimates Volume.
| Programme | 2008 Outturn | 2009 Outturn | 2010 Outturn | 2011 Outturn | 2012 Outturn | 2013 REV Estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | |
| Pensions | 5,489,783 | 5,834,853 | 5,880,350 | 6,072,755 | 6,259,412 | 6,447,170 |
| Working Age Income Supports | 3,999,404 | 5,754,073 | 6,043,560 | 5,757,915 | 5,591,989 | 5,288,599 |
| Working Age Employment Supports | 150,304 | 183,746 | 289,880 | 825,350 | 916,119 | 1,007,369 |
| Illness Disability and Carers | 3,194,619 | 3,427,986 | 3,428,594 | 3,312,412 | 3,207,899 | 3,216,600 |
| Children | 189,802 | 181,679 | 202,156 | 221,092 | 239,114 | 245,750 |
| Total Expenditure on weekly payments | 13,023,912 | 15,382,337 | 15,844,540 | 16,189,524 | 16,214,532 | 16,205,489 |
Some regular monthly payments are also made by the Department of which the most significant (€1.91 billion) is child benefit.
Expenditure on the working age employment supports programme has increased over the period in question. This increase is mainly due to the transfer of responsibility from Fás to the Department of Community Employment, Job Initiative, Wage Subsidy scheme and associated schemes from 1st January 2011. In addition, responsibility for the Rural Social Scheme and the Community Services Programme transferred from the former Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs to the Department of Social Protection in late September 2010.
The Department also incurs expenditure on a range of supplementary payments which are not included in the table above. These include rent supplement, fuel allowance, free travel and the household benefits package.
Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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492. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the projected spend respectively on jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's allowance for the first six months of the year to end of June; the projected amount for each for the full year 2013; if she will indicate the outturn to end of June 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34295/13]
Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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493. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the projected number of claimants for both jobseeker's benefit and jobseeker's allowance for the first six months of 2013, and the year as a whole; and what the outturn for each was; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34296/13]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 492 and 493 together.
The following table details the information requested by the deputy.
| - | YTD End June 2013 | 2013 REV Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| Expenditure Jobseeker's Allowance Jobseeker's Benefit | €m1,528312 | €m3098564 |
| Total | 1,840 | 3,662 |
| Average Live RegisterAverage number of recipients paid each weekJobseeker's AllowanceJobseeker's Benefit | 425,000 291,98069,410 | 431,000 288,40081,450 |
| Total | 361,390 | 369,850 |
The 2013 REV Estimate as published provides the basis for the projected outturn for 2013 as a whole for both Jobseeker’s Allowance and Jobseeker’s Benefit.
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