Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 10 May 2012
102 Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare payments being paid to non-residential children in the European Union and the amount this is costing the State, broken down by year from 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. [23524/12]
View answerThe below table details the total expenditure on Child Benefit in respect of non-residential children from 2007 to 2011:
|
Year |
Number of Children |
Total Cost |
|
2007 |
4,311 |
€4.77m |
|
2008 |
9,909 |
€20.9m |
|
2009 |
9,889 |
€19.7m |
|
2010 |
8,555 |
€15.4m |
|
2011 |
7,736 |
€13m |
