asked the Minister for Local Government and Public Health if he will state in respect of each of the benefit years ended July, 1931 to 1936, the total expenditure, distinguishing between men and women, in respect of the following additional benefits provided by Approved Societies, i.e., dental benefit, optical benefit and hospital benefit.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Expenditure on Dental, Optical and Hospital Benefits.
The information required by the Deputy will be published in tabular form in the Official Report.
Following is the table:—
The expenditure on Dental Benefit, Optical Benefit and Hospital Benefit in the six years ended July, 1931, to July, 1936, is shown below:—
|
Year Ended |
MEN |
WOMEN |
||||||||||||||||
|
Dental Benefit |
Optical Benefit |
Hospital Benefit |
Dental Benefit |
Optical Benefit |
Hospital Benefit |
|||||||||||||
|
£ |
s. |
d. |
£ |
s. |
d. |
£ |
s. |
d. |
£ |
s. |
d. |
£ |
s. |
d. |
£ |
s. |
d. |
|
|
July, 1931 |
22,349 |
9 |
2 |
1,743 |
10 |
4 |
6,404 |
18 |
2 |
14,160 |
9 |
0 |
1,159 |
15 |
10 |
2,542 |
8 |
4 |
|
,, 1932 |
9,139 |
3 |
5 |
1,392 |
14 |
8 |
3,765 |
13 |
1 |
5,345 |
1 |
8 |
876 |
9 |
8 |
1,636 |
1 |
11 |
|
,, 1933 |
13,292 |
18 |
1 |
1,502 |
13 |
2 |
4,715 |
7 |
0 |
7,150 |
1 |
4 |
957 |
2 |
0 |
2,172 |
12 |
6 |
|
,, 1934 |
12,439 |
2 |
9 |
1,616 |
7 |
5 |
4,566 |
3 |
0 |
6,594 |
16 |
1 |
1,021 |
17 |
3 |
2,077 |
17 |
4 |
|
,, 1935 |
12,034 |
14 |
3 |
1,431 |
13 |
5 |
4,004 |
8 |
8 |
5,967 |
4 |
3 |
969 |
14 |
7 |
1,828 |
0 |
10 |
|
,, 1936 |
10,941 |
11 |
8 |
1,659 |
13 |
3 |
4,059 |
2 |
0 |
5,804 |
14 |
2 |
967 |
2 |
9 |
1,608 |
10 |
8 |
NOTE.—The figures for the year ended July, 1931, refer to Additional Benefits arising out of the Schemes under the Second Valuation, which terminated in July, 1921.
The figures for the subsequent years refer to Additional Benefits arising out of the Schemes under the Third Valuation, which terminated in July, 1936.
The figures for the year ended July, 1932, are low because any payments actually made in that year in respect of Additional Benefits authorised under the Second Valuation Schemes were shown in the year ended July, 1931, to which they were proper. In addition, several Societies which had Second Valuation Schemes were unable to give Additional Benefits as a result of the Third Valuation.