Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have benefitted from the introduction of paternity benefit since its introduction in 2016 by county in tabular form. [16436/19]

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 from it's introduction on 1st September 2016 to 31st March 2019, by county, is set out in the following table:

PATERNITYBENEFIT Claimants by County Breakdown

I hope that this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.