Social Protection Expenditure in Ireland 2021
CSO statistical release, , 11am
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Social Protection Expenditure in Ireland 2021
- Social protection expenditure in 2021 amounted to €59.1 billion. This was an increase of €1.2 billion (2.2%) on 2020.
- Spending on the Sickness function was €23.6bn.
- Spending on the Old Age function was €15.9bn.
- Spending on the Unemployment function was €6.1bn.
- Spending on Family Function was €4.8bn.
- Spending on the Disability function was €2.8bn.
- Spending on the the Housing function was €2.2bn.
- Spending on Administration was €2bn.
- Spending the Survivor function was €1.4bn.
- Spending on Social Exclusion function was €0.3bn.
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