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Social Welfare Benefits

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 8 March 2012

Thursday, 8 March 2012

Ceisteanna (101)

Simon Harris

Ceist:

100 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline, in tabular form, the cost to the State of illness benefit, invalidity pension and occupational injury benefit for each of the years 2007 to 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13289/12]

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Freagraí scríofa

The information requested by the Deputy is not finalised for 2011. I have provided, for his information, a table which sets out by actual scheme the cost to the State of illness benefit, invalidity pension and occupational injury benefit for the years 2007 to 2010 together with the provisional outturn for 2011 and the provision in the 2012 Revised Estimates Volume in respect of these schemes.

Year

Illness Benefit

Invalidity Pension

Occupation Injury Benefit*

Total

€000

€000

€000

€000

2007

755,077

618,133

104,349

1,477,559

2008

852,305

685,717

112,014

1,650,036

2009

919,783

681,642

112,336

1,713,761

2010

942,571

639,994

104,844

1,687,409

2011**

876,327

607,537

101,257

1,585,121

2012***

846,510

627,680

98,260

1,572,450

*Occupational Injury Benefit includes expenditure on Injury Benefit, Disablement Benefit, Death Benefit and Medical Care.

**Provisional Outturn.

***Provision in the Estimates.

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