Written answers
Tuesday, 9 April 2019
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Paternity Benefit
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
County | Awarded 1st September 2016 - 31st December 2016 | Awarded 2017 | Awarded 2018 | Awarded 1st January 2019 – 31st March 2019 | Total Awarded |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carlow | 66 | 304 | 280 | 88 | 738 |
Cavan | 79 | 431 | 422 | 122 | 1054 |
Clare | 107 | 607 | 537 | 154 | 1405 |
Cork | 643 | 3385 | 3104 | 881 | 8013 |
Donegal | 157 | 710 | 716 | 212 | 1795 |
Dublin | 1345 | 7633 | 6906 | 2089 | 17973 |
Galway | 292 | 1536 | 1388 | 414 | 3630 |
Kerry | 130 | 707 | 636 | 179 | 1652 |
Kildare | 238 | 1394 | 1240 | 357 | 3229 |
Kilkenny | 115 | 513 | 434 | 118 | 1180 |
Laois | 68 | 408 | 349 | 121 | 946 |
Leitrim | 44 | 190 | 174 | 53 | 461 |
Limerick | 205 | 1041 | 952 | 259 | 2457 |
Longford | 41 | 199 | 191 | 64 | 495 |
Louth | 143 | 655 | 595 | 194 | 1587 |
Mayo | 145 | 668 | 568 | 182 | 1563 |
Meath | 214 | 1115 | 956 | 313 | 2598 |
Monaghan | 70 | 330 | 361 | 106 | 867 |
Offaly | 74 | 403 | 371 | 127 | 975 |
Roscommon | 59 | 340 | 273 | 84 | 756 |
Sligo | 75 | 339 | 339 | 90 | 843 |
Tipperary | 151 | 833 | 755 | 218 | 1957 |
Waterford | 129 | 589 | 571 | 146 | 1435 |
Westmeath | 102 | 526 | 460 | 122 | 1210 |
Wexford | 147 | 769 | 687 | 209 | 1812 |
Wicklow | 148 | 786 | 692 | 201 | 1827 |
Others | 26 | 148 | 123 | 46 | 343 |
TOTAL | 5013 | 26559 | 24080 | 7149 | 62801 |
I hope that this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
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