Denise Mitchell (Dublin Bay North, Sinn Fein)
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1213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have availed of paternity benefit in each of the years since its introduction in tabular form; and the overall cost for each of these years. [24416/18]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The information requested in respect of the number of people that have availed of paternity benefit since it was introduced on 1 September 2016 along with the overall cost for each of these years is set out in the following table: