department of social and family affairs annual report 2006 - Welfare.ie

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%
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