Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 April 2024
783. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection how many increased qualified adult payments have been made to those living outside the State; how many recipients, the list of countries recipients are living in, and the total amount paid to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14718/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraMost welfare benefits require the recipient to be habitually resident in Ireland. Certain welfare benefits, such as State Pension Contributory allow the recipient to live outside the State.
The data requested by the Deputy for the calendar year 2023 is shown in the attached tabular statement. There were approximately 3,500 recipients of increased qualified adult payments living abroad, and 82,000 payments were made.
Note that only a person's current country of residence is available in my Department's records. Due to this limitation, the table below is a record of all adult dependent allowances paid in the calendar year 2023 to recipients who were resident outside Ireland in March 2024. As such, it does not include payments made to people who moved to Ireland in 2023, while it includes payments made to people who lived in Ireland at the start of 2023 before moving away.
This means that the expenditure figures shown in the table are statistical estimates rather than exact figures.
|
Country |
Expenditure (million €) |
|
Ireland |
954.1 |
|
United Kingdom |
5.9 |
|
Poland |
2.0 |
|
Spain |
1.2 |
|
Australia |
1.0 |
|
USA |
0.8 |
|
Other |
3.4 |
|
All |
968.2 |
