Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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1221. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in counties Cavan and Monaghan that were in receipt of the carer's allowance, carer's benefit and the respite grant between 2011 and 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35798/18]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The information requested (where available) by the Deputy is detailed in the attached tabular statement.

I note that this information is published in Open Data format in my Department's Annual Statistics Report, available at .County breakdowns for all Social Welfare benefits are available from 2005 on an annual basis, and from 2016 on a monthly basis.

I also note that Respite Care Grant was renamed as Carers Support Grant in 2016 to better reflect how the Grant is used, and that data for this payment are only available from 2013.

Recipients of carer’s allowance, carer’s benefit and respite care grant in each of the years 2011 to 2016