asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of women in each of the last five years who received a maternity allowance, and the total annual value of such allowances.
32.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Maternity and Marriage Allowances.
31.
asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of maternity grants paid on (a) the husband's and (b) the woman's own insurance in each of the last five years; the number of births in respect of which two grants were paid; and the total annual value of such grants.
33.
asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of women in each of the last five years who received marriage benefits, and the total annual value of such benefits.
I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to take Questions Nos. 31, 32 and 33 together, and as the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, to have it circulated in the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
|
Year ended 31st March |
Number of women who received Maternity Allowance in the year |
Total Annual value |
Number of Maternity Grants paid in the year |
Total Annual Value |
Number of women who received Marriage Benefit in the year |
Total Annual Value |
||
|
Based on men's insurance |
Based on women's insurance |
Total |
||||||
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
||||||
|
1962 |
3,500 |
68,677 |
30,360 |
3,590 |
33,950 |
67,820 |
7,990 |
77,336 |
|
1963 |
3,680 |
74,632 |
30,140 |
3,655 |
33,795 |
67,289 |
7,854 |
76,632 |
|
1964 |
3,910 |
91,291 |
30,417 |
3,774 |
34,191 |
68,302 |
7,666 |
74,424 |
|
1965 |
4,140 |
108,761 |
30,539 |
4,258 |
34,797 |
71,557 |
8,494 |
83,599 |
|
1966 |
4,534 |
121,958 |
30,597 |
4,546 |
35,143 |
83,662 |
9,041 |
87,174 |
NOTES: (1) Particulars of the numbers of births in respect of which two Maternity Grants were paid are not available.
(2) Cost figures for 1966 are provisional.