Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services 2009 - Welfare.ie

older summary people and financialTable A5: Social Insurance and Social Assistance Expenditure by Scheme, 2008 and 20096Type of Payment Expenditure Change2008 2009 (2)%€000 €000State Pension (Contributory) 3,117,855 3,367,529 8.0%State Pension (Transition) 92,089 104,973 14.0%Widow/er’s (Contributory) Pension 1,299,039 1,353,507 4.2%Widowed Parent Grant 5,543 5,504 -0.7%Deserted Wife’s Benefit 104,618 100,261 -4.2%Maternity Benefit 315,878 331,319 4.9%Health and Safety Benefit 576 619 7.5%Adoptive Benefit 1,644 1,247 -24.1%Guardian’s Payment (Contributory) 14,373 11,509 -19.9%Illness Benefit 852,305 919,640 7.9%Invalidity Pension 685,717 681,641 -0.6%Injury Benefit 19,250 20,974 9.0%Carer’s Benefit 33,666 30,204 -10.3%Medical Care 282 309 9.6%Disablement Benefit 84,443 85,652 1.4%Death Benefit Pension 8,036 5,374 -33.1%Jobseeker’s Benefit 928,844 1,733,774 86.7%Treatment Benefit 97,124 100,179 3.1%Bereavement Grant 17,851 18,471 3.5%Household Benefits and Free Travel (1) 254,580 273,053 7.3%Redundancy and Insolvency 202,264 350,133 73.1%Administration 257,780 281,423 9.2%TOTAL SOCIAL INSURANCE 8,393,757 9,777,295 16.5%State Pension (Non-Contributory) 972,765 1,000,546 2.9%Pre-Retirement Allowance 117,666 96,606 -17.9%Widow/er’s (Non-Contributory) Pension 21,181 21,275 0.4%Widowed Parent Grant 529 425 -19.7%Deserted Wife’s Allowance 6,624 6,038 -8.8%Prisoner’s Wife’s Allowance 7 6 -14.3%One-Parent Family Payment 1,067,158 1,121,344 5.1%Guardian’s Payment (Non-Contributory) 7,147 6,024 -15.7%Child Benefit 2,453,957 2,495,304 1.7%Domiciliary Care Allowance 0 31,017 n/aDisability Allowance 1,052,660 1,142,769 8.6%Blind Pension 16,319 16,277 -0.3%Carer’s Allowance 450,260 502,469 11.6%Respite Care Grant 98,204 99,200 1.0%Jobseeker’s Allowance 1,158,851 2,004,556 73.0%Farm Assist 84,881 93,297 9.9%Employment Support Services 160,531 193,888 20.8%Family Income Supplement 170,309 167,133 -1.9%Supplementary Welfare Allowance 803,835 969,724 20.6%Rent Allowance 732 725 -1.0%Household Benefits and Free Travel (1) 324,108 353,166 9.0%Miscellaneous (1) 125,071 118,813 -5.0%Administration 322,035 311,212 -3.4%TOTAL SOCIAL ASSISTANCE 9,414,830 10,751,814 14.2%GRAND TOTAL 17,808,587 20,529,109 15.3%(1) See Additional Expenditure Details in Table A4.(2) Provisional<strong>Statistical</strong> <strong>Information</strong> on Social Welfare Services 2009