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Appendix 2: Summary of DSFA Budget Package 2007 (continued) COST First Year Full Year 7. People with Disabilities m m Disability Allowance Extend entitlement to full rate Disability Allowance to all persons resident in institutions. [January 2007] Increase the capital disregard for Disability Allowance by €30,000, from €20,000 to €50,000. [June 2007] Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities Additional funding for Comhairle for the development of a personal advocacy service for persons with disabilities and for the implementation of the Disability Sectoral Plan. [2007] Bereavement Grant Extend entitlement to Bereavement Grant to the next of kin of deceased recipients of Disability Allowance aged 16 to 22. [May 2007] 16.48 16.90 8. Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Entitlement Awareness Campaigns. Additional funding for Entitlement Awareness Campaigns. [2007] Family Support Agency Additional funding for the Family Support Agency for marriage, child and bereavement counselling and other services. [2007] Carers’ Associations Once off grants for carers’ associations. [2007] 2.75 2.25 Overall Total 1321.82 1406.31 annual report 2006 83
Appendix 3: Expenditure on Social Welfare by Payment Type 2005 2006 Type of Payment Provisional Change 000 000 % State Pension (Contributory) 1,152,849 1,293,702 12.2% State Pension (Transition) 1,060,052 1,144,636 8.0% State Pension (Non Con) 631,299 727,767 15.3% Pre-Retirement Allowance 102,879 113,036 9.9% Total State Pension 2,947,079 3,279,141 11.3% Widow/er’s (Contributory) Pension 998,524 1,094,969 9.7% Widow/er’s (Non-Contributory) Pension 126,944 103,684 -18.3% Deserted Wife’s Benefit 90,620 94,637 4.4% Deserted Wife’s Allowance 11,468 10,545 -8.0% Prisoner’s Wife’s Allowance 14 13 -7.1% One Parent Family Payment 751,102 834,214 11.1% Widowed Parent Grant (Contributory) 3,304 2,942 -11.0% Widowed Parent Grant ( Non-Contributory) 269 282 4.8% Total Widows, Widowers and One Parent Families 1,982,245 2,141,286 8.0% Maternity Benefit 132,412 180,825 36.6% Health and Safety Benefit 293 352 20.1% Adoptive Benefit 709 818 15.4% Guardian’s Payment (Contributory) 7,516 8,799 17.1% Guardian’s Payment (Non-Contributory) 4,096 4,832 18.0% Child Benefit 1,899,936 2,056,288 8.2% Total Child Related Payments 2,044,962 2,251,914 10.1% Illness Benefit 540,245 627,724 16.2% Invalidity Pension 548,285 602,421 9.9% Injury Benefit 14,231 16,127 13.3% Disablement Benefit 67,026 72,530 8.2% Death Benefit 6,523 7,047 8.0% Disability Allowance 630,728 738,426 17.1% Medical Care 298 292 -2.0% Carer’s Allowance 223,059 284,574 27.6% Carer’s Benefit 9,588 16,681 74.0% Respite Care Grant 34,302 50,458 47.1% Blind Pension 16,661 16,963 1.8% Total Illness, Disability and Caring 2,090,946 2,433,243 16.4% appendices 84
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annual report 2006 0
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Introduction from the Secretary-Gen
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2006 in review 2006 - year in revie
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the department’s goals > Goal 1:
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Initiatives introduced in 2006 unde
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