Written answers
Wednesday, 30 April 2014
Department of Social Protection
Departmental Expenditure
Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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309. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount her Department spent on the State pension in 2013. [18764/14]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The estimated expenditures on State pensions for 2013 are as follows-
State Pension (Non-Contributory) | €952.4m |
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State Pension (Contributory) | €3,983.3m |
State Pension (Transition) | €137.3m |
Widows', Widowers' / Surviving Civil Partners' Pension (Contributory) | €1,349.8m |
Widows', Widowers' / Surviving Civil Partners' Pension (Death Benefit) | €7.8m |
This amounts to just over €6.43 billion, compared to just over €6.26 billion in 2012, an increase of just over 2.7%.
The figures available in respect of 2013 expenditure are provisional at this point, and will be until approved by the Comptroller & Auditor General.
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