Written answers

Wednesday, 30 April 2014

Department of Social Protection

Departmental Expenditure

Photo of Joe HigginsJoe 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]

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan 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
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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