Written answers
Tuesday, 12 April 2005
Department of Social and Family Affairs
Social Welfare Benefits
9:00 pm
David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 545: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of women who received maternity benefit in each of the years 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004; and the cost of such payments to his Department in each of those years. [11127/05]
Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following tabular statement.
| Claims awarded and expenditure on maternity benefit, 2000 to 2004. | ||
| Year | Claims awarded | Expenditure |
| â'¬m | ||
| 2000 | 23,851 | 58.04 |
| 2001 | 27,142 | 78.93 |
| 2002 | 29,042 | 99.20 |
| 2003 | 30,211 | 107.34 |
| 2004 | 33,495 | 121.57 |
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