Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services 2009 - Welfare.ie
Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services 2009 - Welfare.ie
Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services 2009 - Welfare.ie
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miscellaneous payments and grantsTable J1: Expenditure <strong>on</strong> Miscellaneous Payments and Grants by Payment type, 2008and <strong>2009</strong>Type of Payment 2008 <strong>2009</strong> (1) Change <strong>2009</strong> over 2008€000 €000Household Benefits, Free Travel, and578,688 626,219 8.2%Fuel AllowanceTreatment Benefit 97,124 100,179 3.1%Bereavement Grants 17,851 18,471 3.5%Rent Allowance 732 725 -1.0%Combat Poverty Agency 4,114 1,564 -62.0%School Meals 32,422 34,848 7.5%Citizens <str<strong>on</strong>g>Informati<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> Board (formerly29,468 28,005 -5.0%Comhairle)M<strong>on</strong>ey Advice and Budgeting Service 16,217 17,041 5.1%Other Grants/Payments 6,869 2,695 -60.8%Total 783,485 829,747 5.9%(1) Provisi<strong>on</strong>alTable J2: Total Expenditure <strong>on</strong> Household Benefits, Free Travel and Fuel Allowance,2000 to <strong>2009</strong>ElectricityAllowanceTelevisi<strong>on</strong>LicenceAllowanceTeleph<strong>on</strong>eAllowanceBottledGasAllowanceNaturalGasAllowanceFreeTravelFuelAllowanceTotal€000 €000 €000 €000 €000 €000 €000 €0002000 40,185 20,199 41,660 88 1,918 44,817 55,487 204,3542001 51,275 24,773 55,335 99 2,517 45,860 61,136 240,9952002 62,648 30,967 72,887 108 3,276 45,625 80,532 296,0432003 75,402 43,801 83,258 120 4,905 49,820 83,208 340,5142004 87,992 47,859 85,697 116 5,498 52,400 84,710 364,2722005 103,919 46,224 89,143 108 6,316 55,333 82,386 383,4292006 108,323 48,966 90,333 116 8,399 58,042 130,250 444,4292007 147,225 51,672 98,855 116 15,243 64,125 158,289 535,5252008 156,738 55,698 112,190 95 15,531 68,428 170,008 578,688<strong>2009</strong> (1) 165,515 55,712 120,180 742 16,957 73,489 193,624 626,219(1) Provisi<strong>on</strong>al.95Table J3: Miscellaneous Benefits and Allowances: Number of Claims Awarded, 2008and <strong>2009</strong>Type of Payment 2008 <strong>2009</strong> Change <strong>2009</strong> over 2008Bereavement Grants 22,827 18,719 -18.0%Treatment Benefit:Dental 675,578 733,562 8.6%Optical 220,379 240,817 9.3%Medical and Surgical 6,505 7,506 15.4%Rent Allowance 8 6 -25.0%Fuel Allowance (1) 300,000 318,000 6.0%(1) Refers to the number of recip<strong>ie</strong>nts of Fuel Allowance during 2008 and <strong>2009</strong>. There was an average of 120,000 recip<strong>ie</strong>nts of Smokeless Fuel Allowance in2008 and an average of 123,000 recip<strong>ie</strong>nts in <strong>2009</strong><str<strong>on</strong>g>Statistical</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Informati<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Social</strong> <strong>Welfare</strong> <strong>Services</strong> <strong>2009</strong>
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