asked the Minister for Social Welfare the amount paid out in (a) unemployment benefit, (b) unemployment assistance, (c) pay-related benefit and (d) redundancy payments in each of the last five years to the latest available date.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Social Welfare payments.
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As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate it with the Official Report. Following is the statement:
|
Year |
Unemployment Assistance |
Unemployment Benefit |
Pay-Related Unemployment Benefit |
Redundancy Payments |
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
April 1973-March 1974 |
19,215,707 |
13,661,000 |
Nil |
3,203,628 |
|
April-December 1974 (9 months) |
18,659,607 |
13,035,766 |
986,035 |
2,923,370 |
|
1975 |
38,295,869 |
35,205,494 |
5,230,088 |
7,237,011 |
|
1976 |
50,036,563 |
43,324,000(a) |
7,857,800(a) |
9,363,932(a) |
|
1977 |
57,850,000(b) |
45,730,000(b) |
7,700,000(b) |
10,058,000(b) |
(a) Provisional.
(b) Estimated.