Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 May 2015
105. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, by month, a breakdown indicating the 2015 Revised Estimate for total expenditure by her Department; and the actual total expenditure to date. [17771/15]
View answer106. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, by month, a breakdown indicating the 2015 Revised Estimate for expenditure on jobseeker's benefit and on jobseeker's allowance; and the actual expenditure on those schemes to date. [17772/15]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 105 and 106 together.
The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the table:
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- |
Actual expenditure |
Actual expenditure |
Actual expenditure |
Actual expenditure |
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- |
2015 Revised Estimate |
Jan 2015 |
Feb 2015 |
Mar 2015 |
Year to date end of Mar 2015 |
|
- |
€000 |
€000 |
€000 |
€000 |
€000 |
|
Overall Department of Social Protection expenditure |
19,378,333 |
1,751,868 |
1,502,532 |
1,557,525 |
4,811,925 |
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Jobseekers |
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Jobseekers Allowance |
2,607,900 |
227,453 |
212,021 |
236,963 |
676,437 |
|
Jobseekers Benefit |
406,600 |
35,859 |
33,079 |
31,583 |
100,521 |
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Total expenditure on jobseekers |
3,014,500 |
263,312 |
245,100 |
268,546 |
776,958 |
Expenditure data for April is still being finalised. It should be noted that expenditure can and does vary considerably from month to month as a consequence of varying numbers of payment days by scheme. For example, most pensions are paid on a Friday and, accordingly, expenditure in a month with five Fridays will be greater than a month with 4.
