Social Welfare Benefits Expenditure

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 March 2014

Tuesday, 25 March 2014

Ceisteanna (496)

Pádraig MacLochlainn

Ceist:

496. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an annual breakdown, in tabular form, of the amount spent on social welfare payments in County Donegal yearly since 2008. [13292/14]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Social Protection (Deputy Joan Burton)

The information requested by the Deputy is not available in my Department. Statistics in respect of expenditure are collated annually in respect of all social welfare payments on a national basis only and are not available at county level.

Question No. 497 withdrawn.