Written answers
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
Department of Social Protection
Social Welfare Benefits Data
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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321. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons whose application for dental benefit have been approved in each of the past five years to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3232/17]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The numbers of Dental Benefit claims paid in each of the last five years are as follows:
Year | Dental Benefit claims |
---|---|
2012 | 270,600 |
2013 | 298,700 |
2014 | 310,350 |
2015 | 312,700 |
2016 | 319,600 |
Stats are compiled on a monthly basis, those relating to January 2017 are not yet collated.
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