Aindrias Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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283. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of carer's support grants paid during June 2016; if all of the automatic renewals have been paid; and if not, the number which remain unpaid and when they will be paid [19404/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The Carer’s Support Grant is an annual payment made by my Department to full-time carers. It is paid automatically to carers who are already in receipt of Carer’s Allowance, Carer’s Benefit and Domiciliary Care Allowance. Payment is made on the 1st Thursday in June. This year, some 86,000 of these carers received the Grant on 2 June. All carers who were automatically eligible for the 2016 Grant on that date have received payment.