€2,000 -what a 1% reduction would save on average in annual interest payments for a family with a €200,000 mortgage if the government had taken action on interest rates. €340 million -the subsidy paid by the State per annum to private landlords to house rent supplement recipients. 200,000 -the number of young people who have emigrated since 2010.
for limiting the welfare state, for example public funding for social services or social security, e.g. private care before state care