Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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231. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of persons in receipt of a carer's allowance, a carer's benefit, a respite care grant, a domiciliary care grant, annually, for the past five years; the level of funding available for each for the past five years; the number of persons in receipt of the half rate carer's allowance, annually, for the past five years; the terms and conditions for receipt of this allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18211/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The information requested by the deputy is detailed in the tabular statements.

Tabular statements

Recipients of Carer’s Allowance/Benefit, Domiciliary Care Allowance and Respite Care Grant 2010-14

Expenditure on Carer’s Allowance/Benefit, Domiciliary Care Allowance and Respite Care Grant 2010-14

*Expenditure figures for 2014 are provisional

The terms and conditions for receipt of half rate carer’s allowance are that an applicant must meet the qualifying criteria for carer’s allowance. For example, the person that they are caring for must be so incapacitated as to require full-time care and attention and must satisfy a means test. If the person is getting certain social welfare payments (listed below) and is providing full-time care and attention to another person who requires it, they can keep their main social welfare payment and get a half-rate carer’s allowance as well.

- State Pension (Contributory) and State Pension (Contributory) Increase for a Qualified Adult

- Deserted Wife's Benefit

- Invalidity Pension and Invalidity Pension Increase for a Qualified Adult

- Jobseeker's Benefit Increase for a Qualified Adult

- Jobseeker's Allowance Increase for a Qualified Adult

- Illness Benefit and Illness Benefit Increase for a Qualified Adult

- Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's (Contributory) Pension

- Injury Benefit and Injury Benefit Increase for a Qualified Adult

- Death Benefit

- Health and Safety Benefit

- Maternity Benefit

- Adoptive Benefit

- State Pension (Non-Contributory) and State Pension (Non-Contributory) Increase for a Qualified Adult

- Blind Pension and Blind Pension Increase for a Qualified Adult

- Widow's, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner's (Non-Contributory) Pension

- One-Parent Family Payment

- State Pension (Transition) and State Pension (Transition) Increase for a Qualified Adult

- Pre-Retirement Allowance and Pre-Retirement Allowance Increase for a Qualified Adult Allowance

- Disability Allowance and Disability Allowance Increase for a Qualified Adult

- Incapacity Supplement and Incapacity Supplement Increase for a Qualified Adult

- Farm Assist and Farm Assist Increase for a Qualified Adult

The following table shows the number of persons in receipt of half rate carer’s allowance from 2010 to 2014 as requested.