asked the Minister for Social Welfare the total amount of moneys paid out by the State in each of the last seven years in respect of (a) unemployment benefit (b) pay-related benefit payable with unemployment benefit (c) unemployment assistance and (d) redundancy payments.
Written Answers. - Unemployment Benefits Statistics.
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The information requested by the Deputy is set down in the following tabular statement which will be circulated in the Official Report.
|
Year |
Unemployment Benefit |
Pay-Related Benefit |
Unemployment Assistance |
Redundancy Payments* |
|
£000 |
£000 |
£000 |
£000 |
|
|
1981 |
113,372 |
32,854 |
108,846 |
7,323 |
|
1982 |
165,458 |
45,274 |
168,751 |
12,043 |
|
1983 |
216,343 |
48,259 |
224,066 |
17,710 |
|
1984 |
219,619 |
38,910 |
291,770 |
24,879 |
|
1985 |
235,070 |
40,067 |
351,458 |
27,439 |
|
1986 |
237,100 |
36,370 |
391,538 |
28,057 |
|
1987 |
236,270 |
31,880 |
417,180 |
25,794 |
|
1988† |
244,660 |
24,590 |
444,150 |
N/A |
* Payments made from the Redundancy and Employers's Insolvency Fund and includes insolvency payments from 1985 onwards.
†Estimate.