With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle I propose to take Questions Nos. 21 and 22 together and, as the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, to circulate it with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
Proportion of income of the Social Insurance Fund contributed by the Exchequer.
Year
|
Exchequer Contribution
|
1970/71
|
34.9%
|
1971/72
|
34.4%
|
1972/73
|
33.2%
|
1973/74
|
30.1%
|
1974 (9 months)
|
21.7%
|
1975
|
23.1%
|
1976
|
20.8%
|
1977
|
18.9%
|
1978
|
19.7%
|
1979 (provisional)
|
20.1%
|
1980 (estimated)
|
25.6%
|
1981 (estimated)
|
22.6%
|