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Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 January 2024

Wednesday, 17 January 2024

Questions (861, 937)

Michael McNamara

Question:

861. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a breakdown of the monies provided to people in receipt of temporary protection, in total and per month, since February 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56477/23]

Michael McNamara

Question:

937. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Social Protection how much was expended on social welfare supports to beneficiaries of temporary protection (BOTPs) in jobseeker’s allowance payments, supplementary welfare allowance, State pension (non-contributory), child benefit, back to school clothing and footwear allowance, one-parent family payment, jobseeker’s transitional, working family payment, jobseeker’s allowance, disability allowance, carer’s allowance, respectively, in 2023; if she will provide figures for expenditure on social welfare supports, respectively, to beneficiaries of temporary protection in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1007/24]

Written answers

Minister for Social Protection

I propose to take Questions Nos. 861 and 937 together.

The tables below set out expenditure related to people in receipt of Social Protection schemes under the Temporary Protection Directive (Ukraine), by month, in 2022 and 2023 respectively for the requested schemes.

Table 1: Breakdown of expenditure on Social Protection schemes relating to Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection in 2022

2022	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
	€000	€000	€000	€000	€000	€000	€000	€000	€000	€000	€000	€000	€000
State Pension (Non-Contributory)	0	0	0	0	109	468	1,228	2,042	2,531	3,540	3,399	3,784	17,101
Jobseeker's Allowance	0	0	0	4,482	12,404	14,264	20,005	17,219	17,689	27,836	25,777	22,161	161,838
One Parent Family Payment	0	0	0	1	556	1,191	1,917	1,623	1,993	2,991	2,691	2,842	15,804
Supplementary Welfare Allowance	0	0	2,361	10,643	2,955	1,532	1,455	389	300	611	589	586	21,420
Disability Allowance	0	0	0	0	0	4	45	118	194	375	543	465	1,745
Carer's Allowance	0	0	0	0	1	9	33	80	121	198	199	220	861
Child Benefit	0	0	0	849	1,301	1,683	1,929	2,236	2,159	2,265	4,740	2,544	19,706
Back To School Clothing and Footwear Allowance	0	0	0	0	3	2	2,367	277	532	217	3	5	3,407
Working Family Payment	0	0	0	1	4	23	56	58	69	94	194	91	589
Other Schemes	0	0	49	203	699	758	827	701	450	747	1,272	1,022	6,728
Total Expenditure	0	0	2,410	16,179	18,032	19,933	29,862	24,742	26,038	38,875	39,408	33,721	249,200

Table 2: Breakdown of expenditure on Social Protection schemes relating to Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection in 2023

2023 Expenditure (Provisional)	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
	€000	€000	€000	€000	€000	€000	€000	€000	€000	€000	€000	€000	€000
State Pension (Non-Contributory)	3,627	3,867	4,875	5,016	4,347	5,702	4,625	4,597	5,865	5,464	7,257	9,023	64,263
Jobseeker's Allowance	23,923	24,417	30,794	25,506	24,080	23,790	30,533	25,198	25,120	29,999	30,084	26,321	319,763
One Parent Family Payment	2,489	2,540	3,319	3,049	2,705	3,193	2,695	2,681	3,200	2,740	3,294	3,293	35,201
SWA Basic Payments	398	187	266	196	187	231	219	234	345	249	290	242	3,046
Disability Allowance	426	475	725	739	669.8	716	954	828	916	1,215	1,799	1,466	10,929
Carer's Allowance	234	286	362	349	358	379	538	439	500	669	662	718	5,494
Child Benefit	2,649	2,236	2,889	2,900	2,938	4,990	3,011	3,041	3,126	3,223	3,249	6,400	40,653
Back To School Clothing and Footwear Allowance	5	6	4	4	1	0	4,669	357	336	30	2	1	5,415
Working Family Payment	108	136	164	185	146	189	177	180	224	215	335	202	2,261
Other Schemes	655	484	592	2,499	1,650	1,305	1,268	1,557	1,840	1,889	1,914	2,290	17,944
Total Expenditure	34,514	34,635	43,991	40,442	37,081	40,497	48,690	39,112	41,473	45,693	48,886	49,956	504,969