asked the Minister for Social Welfare if, having regard to current insurance schemes and services, he will express the estimated receipts of and payments from the Social Insurance Fund for the year ended 31st March 1971, in the form of the reply to Question No. 32 of 4th May 1960.
Written Answers. - Social Welfare
136.
The required information is as follows:
ESTIMATED Receipts and Payments of the Social Insurance Fund for the year 1970-71 expressed as an average weekly amount in respect of each effectively insured person.
|
1970-71 |
1970-71 |
||
|
Receipts |
(estimated) |
Payments |
(estimated) |
|
p. |
p. |
||
|
Contributions from employers and insured persons |
92.0 |
Disability Benefit |
39.7 |
|
Unemployment Benefit |
25.9 |
||
|
Marriage Benefit |
0.3 |
||
|
Contributions from investments |
1.7 |
Maternity Benefit |
1.3 |
|
Invalidity Pension |
3.1 |
||
|
Other receipts |
0.8 |
Widow's (Contributory) Pension and Orphan's (Contributory) Allowance |
29.3 |
|
Exchequer contribution |
48.8 |
||
|
Old Age (Contributory) Pension |
33.8 |
||
|
Retirement Pension |
0.8 |
||
|
Treatment Benefit |
2.2 |
||
|
Administration Expenses |
6.9 |
||
|
TOTAL |
143.3 |
TOTAL |
143.3 |
137.
asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of each class of social insurance stamps sold in a recent year and the yield of 1p.
The following Table shows the number of each class of social insurance stamp sold in the year ended 31st March 1970, and the yield of 1p.
|
Class |
Numbers of Stamps sold in the year 1969-70 |
Annual Yield of 1p to nearest £ |
|
£ |
||
|
Male Ordinary |
16,156,155 |
161,562 |
|
Female Ordinary |
9,281,823 |
92,818 |
|
Female Domestic |
807,837 |
8,078 |
|
Male Agriculture |
1,542,474 |
15,425 |
|
Female Agriculture |
15,080 |
£ 151 |
|
Sharefishermen and Outworkers |
10,789 |
108 |
|
Voluntary Contributors, Secondary Teachers and certain employees of Voluntary Hospitals |
619,598 |
6,196 |
138.
asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will furnish, in the form of a reply of 29th October 1952, up-to-date information in connection with the estimated number of persons insured under the Social Welfare Acts.
The estimated number of persons insured under the Social Welfare Acts is not broken down into county areas and I am not in a position, therefore, to give the precise information sought by the Deputy. However, the estimated number of insured workers in each county and county borough as at 31st March, 1970 is given in the following tabular statement. This estimate is based on the number of insurance cards exchanged at local offices of the Department of Labour and represents the number of workers insured for all benefits under the Social Welfare Acts.
The total number of persons effectively insured under the Social Welfare Acts as at 31st March, 1970, the latest date for which figures are available, is approximately 796,000. This figure takes into account not only the number of insured workers who surrender cards, but also insured persons continuously on benefit either through unemployment or sickness and do not, therefore, surrender cards. In addition, the figure includes soldiers and contributors for widows' pension and occupational injuries benefit only, who do not surrender cards, as well as voluntary contributors, who while they surrender cards, would not be included in the tabular statement.
|
County Area |
Estimated Number of Insured Workers |
|
Dublin County Borough |
271,963 |
|
Cork County Borough |
48,778 |
|
Limerick County Borough |
28,436 |
|
Waterford County Borough |
15,240 |
|
Carlow |
7,330 |
|
Cavan |
6,999 |
|
Clare |
7,409 |
|
Cork |
30,555 |
|
Donegal |
20,838 |
|
Dublin |
16,443 |
|
Galway |
24,559 |
|
Kerry |
19,137 |
|
Kildare |
14,299 |
|
Kilkenny |
9,262 |
|
Laoighis |
4,571 |
|
Leitrim |
4,914 |
|
Limerick |
5,859 |
|
Longford |
4,733 |
|
Louth |
25,605 |
|
Mayo |
17,102 |
|
Meath |
6,945 |
|
Monaghan |
6,972 |
|
Offaly |
11,880 |
|
Roscommon |
4,895 |
|
Sligo |
8,032 |
|
Tipperary |
21,120 |
|
Waterford |
3,601 |
|
Westmeath |
10,362 |
|
Wexford |
15,865 |
|
Wicklow |
12,604 |
|
TOTAL |
686,608 |