Written answers
Thursday, 3 October 2013
Department of Social Protection
Carer's Benefit Payments
Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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138. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013, the number of persons in receipt of carer's benefit and the expenditure from the overall Department of Social Protection budget on carer's benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41664/13]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the following table.
Carer's Benefit Recipients and Expenditure 2011 to 31 August 2013
- | Recipients | Expenditure |
---|---|---|
31 December 2011 | 1,637 | €24,474,000 |
31 December 2012 | 1,638 | €24,453,000* |
31 August 2013 | 1,663 | €16,994,000* |
* Provisional
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