Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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220. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of parents that took part in the maternity leave scheme in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49947/18]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I regret that the county breakdown requested by the Deputy is not readily available in my Department.

However, the Department holds a county by county breakdown of maternity benefit claims currently in payment. Please see table below, giving a listing of recipients by county at the end of October 2018.

Maternity Benefit in payment at the end of October 2018