Written answers
Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Departmental Data
Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent)
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861. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a breakdown of the monies provided to people in receipt of temporary protection, in total and per month, since February 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56477/23]
Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent)
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937. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how much was expended on social welfare supports to beneficiaries of temporary protection (BOTPs) in jobseeker’s allowance payments, supplementary welfare allowance, State pension (non-contributory), child benefit, back to school clothing and footwear allowance, one-parent family payment, jobseeker’s transitional, working family payment, jobseeker’s allowance, disability allowance, carer’s allowance, respectively, in 2023; if she will provide figures for expenditure on social welfare supports, respectively, to beneficiaries of temporary protection in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1007/24]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 861 and 937 together.
The tables below set out expenditure related to people in receipt of Social Protection schemes under the Temporary Protection Directive (Ukraine), by month, in 2022 and 2023 respectively for the requested schemes.
Table 1: Breakdown of expenditure on Social Protection schemes relating to Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection in 2022
| 2022 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | |
| State Pension (Non-Contributory) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 468 | 1,228 | 2,042 | 2,531 | 3,540 | 3,399 | 3,784 | 17,101 |
| Jobseeker's Allowance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,482 | 12,404 | 14,264 | 20,005 | 17,219 | 17,689 | 27,836 | 25,777 | 22,161 | 161,838 |
| One Parent Family Payment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 556 | 1,191 | 1,917 | 1,623 | 1,993 | 2,991 | 2,691 | 2,842 | 15,804 |
| Supplementary Welfare Allowance | 0 | 0 | 2,361 | 10,643 | 2,955 | 1,532 | 1,455 | 389 | 300 | 611 | 589 | 586 | 21,420 |
| Disability Allowance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 118 | 194 | 375 | 543 | 465 | 1,745 |
| Carer's Allowance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 33 | 80 | 121 | 198 | 199 | 220 | 861 |
| Child Benefit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 849 | 1,301 | 1,683 | 1,929 | 2,236 | 2,159 | 2,265 | 4,740 | 2,544 | 19,706 |
| Back To School Clothing and Footwear Allowance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2,367 | 277 | 532 | 217 | 3 | 5 | 3,407 |
| Working Family Payment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 56 | 58 | 69 | 94 | 194 | 91 | 589 |
| Other Schemes | 0 | 0 | 49 | 203 | 699 | 758 | 827 | 701 | 450 | 747 | 1,272 | 1,022 | 6,728 |
| Total Expenditure | 0 | 0 | 2,410 | 16,179 | 18,032 | 19,933 | 29,862 | 24,742 | 26,038 | 38,875 | 39,408 | 33,721 | 249,200 |
Table 2: Breakdown of expenditure on Social Protection schemes relating to Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection in 2023
| 2023 Expenditure (Provisional) | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | €000 | |
| State Pension (Non-Contributory) | 3,627 | 3,867 | 4,875 | 5,016 | 4,347 | 5,702 | 4,625 | 4,597 | 5,865 | 5,464 | 7,257 | 9,023 | 64,263 |
| Jobseeker's Allowance | 23,923 | 24,417 | 30,794 | 25,506 | 24,080 | 23,790 | 30,533 | 25,198 | 25,120 | 29,999 | 30,084 | 26,321 | 319,763 |
| One Parent Family Payment | 2,489 | 2,540 | 3,319 | 3,049 | 2,705 | 3,193 | 2,695 | 2,681 | 3,200 | 2,740 | 3,294 | 3,293 | 35,201 |
| SWA Basic Payments | 398 | 187 | 266 | 196 | 187 | 231 | 219 | 234 | 345 | 249 | 290 | 242 | 3,046 |
| Disability Allowance | 426 | 475 | 725 | 739 | 669.8 | 716 | 954 | 828 | 916 | 1,215 | 1,799 | 1,466 | 10,929 |
| Carer's Allowance | 234 | 286 | 362 | 349 | 358 | 379 | 538 | 439 | 500 | 669 | 662 | 718 | 5,494 |
| Child Benefit | 2,649 | 2,236 | 2,889 | 2,900 | 2,938 | 4,990 | 3,011 | 3,041 | 3,126 | 3,223 | 3,249 | 6,400 | 40,653 |
| Back To School Clothing and Footwear Allowance | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4,669 | 357 | 336 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 5,415 |
| Working Family Payment | 108 | 136 | 164 | 185 | 146 | 189 | 177 | 180 | 224 | 215 | 335 | 202 | 2,261 |
| Other Schemes | 655 | 484 | 592 | 2,499 | 1,650 | 1,305 | 1,268 | 1,557 | 1,840 | 1,889 | 1,914 | 2,290 | 17,944 |
| Total Expenditure | 34,514 | 34,635 | 43,991 | 40,442 | 37,081 | 40,497 | 48,690 | 39,112 | 41,473 | 45,693 | 48,886 | 49,956 | 504,969 |
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