Paul McGrath (Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 271: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will report on the number of people in the Dublin 15 area who have received the respite care grant to date in 2005 in so much as they are providing full-time care to others and are not in receipt of the carer's allowance or benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33511/05]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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Budget 2005 provided, inter alia, for the extension of eligibility for the respite care grant to people providing full-time care and attention who are not in receipt of either carer's allowance or carer's benefit. Those in receipt of the latter payments receive the grant automatically without having to make a separate application. The grant has been paid to 37 people in the Dublin 15 area.