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Tuesday, 20 February 2018

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Paternity Leave Data

Photo of Hildegarde NaughtonHildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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96. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the uptake of paid paternity leave since it was announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8400/18]

Photo of Regina DohertyRegina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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Paternity benefit was introduced from 1stSeptember 2016 and provides a payment in respect of two weeks paternity leave to be taken within 26 weeks of the birth of the baby. In the period from the commencement of the scheme up to the end of 2017 a total of 31,071 people have availed of this leave and have been awarded and paid paternity benefit. The table below shows a breakdown by county of paternity benefit claimants for the period 1stSeptember 2016 up to end November 2017, the latest period for which detailed statistics are available.

PATERNITY BENEFIT Claimants by County Breakdown

CountyAwarded Sept - Dec 2016Awarded Jan-Nov 2017Total Awarded
Carlow64286350
Cavan75411486
Clare107571678
Cork63431503783
Donegal155651806
Dublin134570858430
Galway28414441728
Kerry127668795
Kildare23413081542
Kilkenny115481596
Laois65384449
Leitrim43174217
Limerick1959491144
Longford40187227
Louth141610751
Mayo144626770
Meath20910541263
Monaghan69324393
Offaly73378451
Roscommon56316372
Sligo71320391
Tipperary151791942
Waterford129557686
Westmeath101466567
Wexford140715855
Wicklow145737882
Others20128148
TOTAL 49322477029702

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