asked the Minister for Social Welfare the total amount of money paid in respect of (a) unemployment benefit (b) pay-related benefit and (c) redundancy payments in each of the last three years.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Social Welfare Benefits.
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As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate it with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
Year |
Unemployment Benefit |
Pay-related Benefit |
£ |
£ |
|
April 1972— March 1973 |
13,095,000 |
Nil |
April 1973— March 1974 |
13,661,000 |
Nil |
April— December 1974 |
*11,036,000 |
*2,515,000 |
January— March 1975 |
*7,312,000 |
*1,645,000 |
* Provisional.
Year |
Redundancy Payments |
£ |
|
1972 |
1,509,000 |
1973 |
1,338,000 |
1974 |
1,709,000 |