Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 July 2020
761. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of each payment made by her Department to recipients of social welfare payments; the budget line of each payment operated by her Department; and the number of persons by county that receive each payment line in tabular form. [15521/20]
View answerThe 2020 Revised Estimates detailing the expenditure for all schemes of the Department as approved by the Dáil on 28th May 2020 is available on the Gov.ie website at https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/36874-revised-estimate-for-the-department-of-employment-affairs-and-social-protection/.
Officials in my Department are currently compiling the 2019 Annual Statistics Report, which will be published at https://www.gov.ie/en/collection/1b0ce-social-protection-statistics/ by 31st July 2020. The report details expenditure, recipient and beneficiary breakdowns, and the operational activity of the Department.
The information requested (where available) by the Deputy in respect of the number of recipients of a social protection payment by scheme and county at the end of May 2020 is detailed in the attached tabular statements.
