Written answers

Wednesday, 18 April 2012

Department of Social Protection

Social Welfare Benefits

10:00 pm

Photo of Robert TroyRobert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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Question 582: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare payments being paid to non residential children in the EU and the amount is this costing the State. [18555/12]

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Child Benefit is currently in payment to 4,928 families in respect of a total of 7,741 children who are resident elsewhere in the EU.

The cost of payments to customers in this category was €15.4 million in 2011.

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