asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will give the social security statistics for 1950-51 and 1951-52 corresponding to those for 1948-49 and 1949-50 given in reply to a question on 14th February, 1951.
Written Answers. - Social Security Statistics.
The required statistics in respect of the year 1951-52 are not yet available. As the part of the reply relating to the year 1950-51 is in the form of tabular statements I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to have it circulated with the Official Report.
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APPENDIX B.
TABLE SHOWING HOW INCOME WAS PROVIDED FOR THE SCHEMES OF SOCIAL SECURITY FOR THE YEAR 1950-51 AND HOW IT WAS DISBURSED.
|
Income provided (£000's) |
Disposal of Income (£000's) |
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|
In Administration |
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|
Service |
State |
Employer and Employee |
Dividends from Invested Funds |
Local Authorities |
Other Receipts |
Total |
In Benefits |
State |
National Health Insurance Society |
Other Payments |
To Augmentation of Funds |
Total |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
(11) |
(12) |
|
|
National Health Insurance |
505 |
1,300 |
243 |
— |
31 |
2,079 |
1,765 |
273* |
90 |
3 |
–52 |
2,079 |
|
Widows' and Orphans' Pensions |
1,012 |
1,025 |
170 |
— |
— |
2,207 |
1,757 |
128* |
— |
— |
*322 |
2,207 |
|
Unemployment Insurance |
479 |
1,616 |
43 |
— |
— |
2,138† |
823 |
330* |
— |
— |
*685 |
1,838† |
|
Unemployment Assistance |
672 |
— |
— |
249 |
— |
921† |
1,221 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
1,221† |
|
Old Age Pensions |
7,021 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
7,021 |
7,021 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
7,021 |
|
Children's Allowances |
2,210 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
2,210 |
2,210 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
2,210 |
|
Administration |
614† |
— |
— |
— |
— |
614 |
— |
614† |
— |
— |
— |
614 |
|
TOTALS |
12,513 |
3,941 |
456 |
249 |
31 |
17,190 |
14,797 |
1,345 |
90 |
3 |
955 |
17,190 |
*Contributions by the National Health Insurance, Widows' and Orphans' and Unemployment Funds to the State administration of these Services.
‡This amount represents the net cost to the State, after allowing for the amounts referred to in Note* above in which the State, employer, emplee and dividends all contribute, of (a) the administration of the Department of Social Welfare and (b) services performed by other Government Departments on behalf of that Department. The total cost of administration is £1,435,000 as shown in columns 8 and 9 of the Table.
†The Unemployment Fund makes a subvention of £300,000 to Unemployment Assistance.
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APPENDIX C.
FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF SCHEMES OF SOCIAL SECURITY THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
TABLE I — NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE FINANCE.
|
Year to 31st March |
RECEIPTS |
PAYMENTS |
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|
Employers and Employed Persons |
State Grants |
Dividends from Invested Funds |
Other Receipts |
Total Receipts Cols. (2) to (5) |
Sickness |
Disablement |
Maternity |
Other Benefits |
Cost of Administration |
Other Payments |
Total Payments (Cols. (7) to (12) |
Surplus in the year (Col. 13) —Col. (6) |
Accumulated Fund at end of year |
|
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
(11) |
(12) |
(13) |
(14) |
(15) |
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
1951 |
1,300,020 |
505,239 |
242,784 |
31,420 |
2,079,463 |
480,492 |
840,009 |
58,029 |
386,093 |
362,770 |
3,494 |
2,130,887 |
—51,424 |
6,938,477 |
(1) Column (11) The figure shown is the expenditure to 31st July, 1950, by Cumann an Arachais Naisiunta ar Shlainte (£89,498), the appropriatepayment under Section 16(2) of the Social Welfare Act, 1950 (£143,333), the sum payable under Section 17 of the Social Welfare Act, 1950 (£15,000), and the payments to doctors for medical certification (£114,939).
(2) Column (15) Cumann an Arachais Naisiunta ar Shlainte was dissolved under the Social Welfare Act, 1950, the functions, assets and liabilities of the Society being transferred to the Minister for Social Welfare on the transfer day i.e. 1st August, 1950. On this day also the National HealthInsurance Reserve Fund and the Guarantee Fund ceased to exist and all sums standing to the credit of these Funds were carried to the credit of the National Health Insurance Fund. The figure in column (15) includes, therefore (a) the balances of the Reserve and Guarantee Funds, (b) the value of property formerly held by C.A.N.S. (£96,499) and (c) the investments at cost held by the Minister for Social Welfare on behalfof C.A.N.S. (£2,358,404). It also includes the value at cost of acquisitions under Section 21 of the Social Welfare Act, 1950 (£416,138).
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APPENDIX C.
TABLE II. — UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FINANCE.
|
RECEIPTS |
PAYMENTS |
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|
Year to 31st March |
Contributions from Employers and Workpeople |
State Funds |
Other Income |
Total Receipts Cols. (2) to (4) |
To Workpeople |
To Associations in lieu of Benefit |
Other Payments (Appropriations in aid of cost of Administration, etc.) |
Contributions under the Unemployment Assistance Acts |
Total Payments (Cols. (6) to (9) |
Surplus (+) or Deficit (—) in the Year Col. (5) —Col (10)) |
Amount of Fund at end of Year (Debit Balance Negative) |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
(11) |
(12) |
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
1951 |
1,615.552 |
479,075 |
42,705 |
2,137,332 |
818,970 |
4,028 |
329,776 |
300,000 |
1,452,774 |
+684,558 |
2,123,67 |
TABLE III.—WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' PENSIONS FINANCE.
|
Year to 31st March |
RECEIPTS |
PAYMENTS |
Other Items including Adjustments |
Total Payments (Cols. 7 to 13) |
Excess of Receipts over Payments (col. 6-14) |
Fund at end of year |
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|
Contributions |
Exchequer |
Interest and Profit on Investments |
Other Receipts |
Total Receipts (Cols. 2 to 5) |
Widows' Pensions |
Orphans' Pensions |
Cash Supplements |
Administration |
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|
Contributory |
Non-Contributory |
Contributory |
Non-Contributory |
||||||||||||
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
(10) |
(11) |
(12) |
(13) |
(14) |
(15) |
(16) |
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|
|
1951 |
1,025,426 |
1,011,899 |
169,732 |
— |
2,207,057 |
808,083 |
907,355 |
26,966 |
14,198 |
19 |
128,203 |
— |
1,884,824 |
322,233 |
5,111,075 |
|
The figure in column (3) is made up as follows: |
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|
£ |
|||
|
Payment to Pension Investment Account |
1,012,000 |
||
|
For cash supplements |
28 |
||
|
1,012,028 |
|||
|
Less repayments of amount overdrawn in previous year for cash supplements |
129 |
||
|
1,011,899 |
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TABLE IV.—EXPENDITURE ON OTHER SERVICES.
|
Year to 31st March |
Old Age and Blind Pensions (including extra-statutory payments) |
Unemployment Assistance |
Children's Allowances |
Home Assistance |
||
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
|||
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
|||
|
1951 |
7,020,562 |
1,220,523 |
2,210,042 |
770,503 |
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APPENDIX D. — NUMBERS OF INSURED PERSONS AND BENEFICIARIES.
|
NUMBER OF INSURED CONTRIBUTORS |
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|
Year |
National Health Insurance at 31st December |
Widows' and Orphans' Pensions at 31st December |
Unemployment Insurance (at July to 1927: at October from 1928) |
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|
Males |
Females |
Total |
Males |
Females |
Total |
Males |
Females |
Total |
|
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) |
(8) |
(9) |
|
|
1950 |
466,482 (b) |
210,397 (b) |
676,879 (b) |
484,649 (b) |
223,318 (b) |
707,967 (b) |
366,740 |
135,468 |
502,208 |
|
1951 |
(a) |
(a) |
(a) |
(a) |
(a) |
(a) |
376,429 |
138,182 |
514,611 |
NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES
|
National Health Insurance Benefits |
Widows' and Orphans' Pensions (at 31st December) |
||||||||||
|
No. in receipt of sickness and disablement benefit at 31st December |
No. who received sickness and disablement benefit in the year |
No. who received Maternity in the year |
No. of women who received marriage benefit |
Contributory |
Non-Contributory |
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|
Males |
Females |
Total |
Widows |
Dependent Children |
Orphans |
Widows |
Dependent Children |
Orphans |
|||
|
(10) |
(11) |
(12) |
(13) |
(14) |
(15) |
(16) |
(17) |
(18) |
(19) |
(20) |
(21) |
|
1951 |
|||||||||||
|
37,995 |
97,615 (b) |
29,450 (b) |
1,500 (b) |
30,950 (b) |
6,685 (b) |
17,158 (b) |
12,260 (b) |
1,008 (b) |
26,971 (b) |
9,655 (b) |
826 (b) |
(a) Not available. (b) Estimated or Provisional.
NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES.
|
Unemployment |
Old Age and Blind pensions (On last Friday in March) |
Blind Pension (included in previous column) |
Home Assistance (at 31st March) |
Children's Allowances (Estimated numbers at end of year) |
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|
Year |
Insurance |
Assistance |
|||||||||||
|
Average Number of Claimants |
Average Number of Applicants |
||||||||||||
|
Males |
Females |
Total |
Males |
Females |
Total |
Males |
Females |
Total |
Families |
Children (including the first two) |
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|
(22) |
(23) |
(24) |
(25) |
(26) |
(27) |
(28) |
(29) |
(30) |
(31) |
(32) |
(33) |
(34) |
|
|
1951 |
11,972 |
6,030 |
18,002 |
30,336 |
1,118 |
31,454 |
72,930 |
83,708 |
156,638 |
5,917 |
59,301 |
147,267 |
640,209 |