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Mr. Davern:   asked the Minister for Defence the total amount paid per annum in special allowances from 1956 to 1965, inclusive; and the number of persons in each year who qualified for payment.
Mr. Hilliard: As the reply is mainly in the form of a tabular statement, I propose, a Cheann Comhairle, with your permission to circulate it in the Official Report.
Following is the statement :—
The number of persons in receipt of special allowances on the 31st March in each of the financial years from 1955-1956 to 1964-1965 and the expenditure on special allowances in each of those years.
| Year ended |
Number on the 31st March |
Expenditure |
| |
|
£ |
| 31st March, 1956 |
4,928 |
330,107 |
| 31st March, 1957 |
5,302 |
353,678 |
| 31st March, 1958 |
5,527 |
358,401 |
| 31st March, 1959 |
5,814 |
374,636 |
| 31st March, 1960 |
6,113 |
395,960 |
| 31st March, 1961 |
6,258 |
404,870 |
| 31st March, 1962 |
6,664 |
467,061 |
| 31st March, 1963 |
7,102 |
533,517 |
| 31st March, 1964 |
7,567 |
576,554 |
| 31st March, 1965 |
8,116 |
616,253 |
The number of persons in receipt of special allowances at the 31st December, 1965, was 8,546 and the expenditure from the 1st April, 1965, to the 31st December, 1965, was £521,121.
During the period from the 1st April, 1956 to the 31st December, 1965, inclusive, [961] clusive, 8,620 new special allowances were awarded. The difference between that figure and the net increase during the period is attributable mainly to deaths.
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