Department of Social Protection Annual Report
Thursday, June 6, 2013
The Department of Social Protection Annual Report is out now. In a small state of 4.5 million, almost 2.3 million people benefit from weekly payments from the Department of Social Protection. Total expenditure by the Department in 2012 was €20.7 billion. The states income from tax was €36 billion.
Each week in 2012, nearly 1.5 million people received a social welfare payment and, when qualified adults and children are included, almost 2.3 million people benefitted from weekly payments from the Department of Social Protection. The total expenditure by the Department in 2012 was €20.7 billion.
Illustrating the volume of work undertaken in the Department, Minister Burton said: “In 2012, 2 million applications for social welfare schemes and services were processed, 87 million scheme payments made, more than 1 million control reviews carried out, 8.4 million telephone calls answered, 95,000 job opportunities advertised and over 154,000 PPS numbers allocated to customers from over 180 countries.”
More details of the Department of Social Protection’s activities in 2012 are set out in the Department’s Annual Report 2012, which is available at www.welfare.ie