Social Welfare Benefits

Tuesday, 1 March 2022

Questions (504)

Colm Burke

Question:

504. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection the total amount spent in social protection benefits and allowances, by programme and by year in County Cork from 2011 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11058/22]

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Minister for Social Protection

Detailed information on recipients and expenditure are published annually by my Department at gov.ie/dsp/statistics, including an archive of reports from 1998. The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below. Work is currently ongoing in respect of the 2021 report, which is due to be published in Q2 this year.

Expenditure is incurred and recorded at the scheme level, and so it is important to note that the expenditure figures detailed in respect of Cork are estimates, based on the proportion of recipients of the various social welfare programmes in county Cork as published in the 2020 Annual Statistical Report. The programmes follow the classifications set out in the Appropriation Accounts.

Pensions - Social Insurance

	Expenditure (€m)	Estimated Expenditure for Cork (€m)
2011	5,120	641
2012	5,320	554
2013	5,498	572
2014	5,641	589
2015	5,907	620
2016	6,108	643
2017	6,392	675
2018	6,737	716
2019	7,172	766
2020	7,431	796

Pensions - Social Assistance

	Expenditure (€m)	Estimated Expenditure for Cork (€m)
2011	972	106
2012	963	103
2013	952	102
2014	954	102
2015	972	103
2016	982	103
2017	995	103
2018	1,020	105
2019	1,043	107
2020	1,049	107

Working Age Income Supports - Social Insurance

	Expenditure (€m)	Estimated Expenditure for Cork (€m)
2011	1,674	162
2012	1,467	142
2013	1,116	108
2014	887	86
2015	798	77
2016	757	73
2017	753	73
2018	812	79
2019	835	81
2020	4,558	442

Working Age Income Supports - Social Assistance

	Expenditure (€m)	Estimated Expenditure for Cork (€m)
2011	4,560	371
2012	4,533	369
2013	4,395	357
2014	4,053	330
2015	3,670	299
2016	3,190	259
2017	2,845	231
2018	2,610	212
2019	2,427	197
2020	3,799	309

Working Age Employment Supports - Social Insurance

	Expenditure (€m)	Estimated Expenditure for Cork (€m)
2011	0	0
2012	2	0
2013	7	1
2014	10	1
2015	11	2
2016	13	2
2017	16	2
2018	18	3
2019	21	3
2020	25	3

Working Age Employment Supports - Social Assistance

	Expenditure (€m)	Estimated Expenditure for Cork (€m)
2011	903	83
2012	952	88
2013	985	91
2014	1,025	95
2015	1,052	97
2016	968	89
2017	881	81
2018	789	73
2019	736	68
2020	4,742	437

Illness, Disability, and Caring - Social Insurance

	Expenditure (€m)	Estimated Expenditure for Cork (€m)
2011	1,601	207
2012	1,495	193
2013	1,470	190
2014	1,395	180
2015	1,393	180
2016	1,369	177
2017	1,405	182
2018	1,451	187
2019	1,465	189
2020	1,541	199

Illness, Disability, and Caring - Social Assistance

	Expenditure (€m)	Estimated Expenditure for Cork (€m)
2011	1,842	223
2012	1,852	224
2013	1,935	234
2014	2,041	247
2015	2,153	261
2016	2,331	282
2017	2,557	309
2018	2,767	335
2019	2,984	361
2020	3,171	384

Child Related Payments - Social Insurance

	Expenditure (€m)	Estimated Expenditure for Cork (€m)
2011	18	1
2012	17	1
2013	17	1
2014	17	1
2015	18	1
2016	18	1
2017	18	1
2018	20	1
2019	21	1
2020	22	1

Child Related Payments - Social Assistance

	Expenditure (€m)	Estimated Expenditure for Cork (€m)
2011	2,412	260
2012	2,377	257
2013	2,252	243
2014	2,265	245
2015	2,459	266
2016	2,605	281
2017	2,627	284
2018	2,634	284
2019	2,634	284
2020	2,608	282

Supplementary and Miscellaneous - Social Insurance

	Expenditure (€m)	Estimated Expenditure for Cork (€m)
2011	312	34
2012	292	32
2013	250	27
2014	213	23
2015	218	24
2016	226	25
2017	227	25
2018	243	27
2019	275	30
2020	304	33

Supplementary and Miscellaneous - Social Assistance

	Expenditure (€m)	Estimated Expenditure for Cork (€m)
2011	1,018	111
2012	890	97
2013	802	88
2014	720	79
2015	670	73
2016	653	71
2017	609	66
2018	574	63
2019	524	57
2020	563	62