Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 400: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount of money awarded in telephone rental for each of the past five years; the number of eligible persons who avail of line rental for each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43033/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The telephone allowance, administered under the household benefits package, provides assistance towards customers' landline or mobile phone costs. The current amount of the allowance is €26.00 per month.

Details of the number of people benefiting from the telephone allowance and the costs for each of the last five years are set out in the following table.