Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 March 2007
463 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount in the social insurance fund; the amount by which the fund has increased each year since 2000; the amount paid out of the fund each year during the same period; the locations such money was expended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11784/07]
Amharc ar fhreagraDetails of the surplus amount in the social insurance fund in each of the years since 2000 and the amount paid out of the fund in each of those years are as follows:
|
Year |
Cumulative Surplus |
SIF Payments |
|
€ 000 |
€ 000 |
|
|
2000 |
854,920 |
3,138,668 |
|
2001 |
1,486,143 |
3,675,678 |
|
2002 |
1,273,463 |
4,375,924 |
|
2003 |
1,528,798 |
4,833,197 |
|
2004 |
1,905,875 |
5,272,543 |
|
2005 |
2,400,284 |
5,664,609 |
|
2006 Provisional |
3,070,400 |
6,327,517 |
Full details of how the social insurance fund monies have been applied are contained in the annual accounts of the fund. My Department is arranging to send copies of the accounts for the years 2000 to 2005 to the Deputy; the accounts for 2006 have not yet been completed.
