Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 31 January 2013
104. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will set out in tabular form the number of families and total number of beneficiaries of child benefit in each year from 2005 to 2012, inclusive; the rates of payment that applied and the gross expenditure on child benefit in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4982/13]
View answerThe number of families in receipt of child benefit at 31 December in each of the years 2005 to 2012 has increased from 547,540 to 608,733 and the number of beneficiaries has increased from 1,060,740 to 1,162,070 during the same period. A breakdown of these increases on an annual basis is in the following tabular statement along with the effective rates of payment and the gross expenditure in each of the years.
Child Benefit 2005 - 2012
|
Year |
Families |
Children |
Rate of Payment |
Gross Expenditure (€000) |
|
2005(1) |
547,540 |
1,060,740 |
1st and 2nd Child: €141.603 3rd and Subsequent Children: €177.30 |
1,899,936 |
|
2006(1) |
562,860 |
1,083,980 |
1st and 2nd Child : €150.00 3rd and Subsequent Children: €185.00 |
2,056,925 |
|
2006(1) |
579,612 |
1,110,715 |
1st and 2nd Child: €160.00 3rd and Subsequent Children: €195.00 |
2,232,974 |
|
2008(1) |
596,108 |
1,141,938 |
1st and 2nd Child: €166.00 3rd and Subsequent Children: €203.00 |
2,453,957 |
|
2009(2) |
602,932 |
1,156,917 |
1st and 2nd Child: €166.00 3rd and Subsequent Children: €203.00 |
2,495,304 |
|
2010(2) |
591,432 |
1,124,003 |
1st and 2nd Child: €150.00 3rd and Subsequent Children: €187.00 |
2,213,429 |
|
2011(2) |
597,333 |
1,136,065 |
1st and 2nd Child: €140.00 3rd Child: €167.00 4th and Subsequent Children: €177.00 |
2,076,338 |
|
2012(2 & 3) |
608,733 |
1,162,070 |
1st and 2nd Child: €140.00 3rd Child: €148.00 4th and Subsequent Children: €160.00 |
2,046,987 |
(1) The rates quoted for the years 2005 to 2008 are the rates in payment from April of the relevant year.
(2) In 2009 and for subsequent years rate increases for child benefit were aligned with the tax year and subsequently any variances in the rates payable commenced in January of the relevant year.
(3) The Gross Expenditure in respect of 2012 is the current provisional outturn.
