Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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502. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of granting a €1,000 bonus to all recipients of the carer's allowance. [28184/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The estimated cost of paying a once-off bonus of €1,000 to all recipients of Carer's Allowance is €85.6 million, based on the estimated number of recipients in 2020. This estimate is subject to change in the context of emerging trends and associated revision of the estimated numbers of recipients.

All recipients of Carer's Allowance, Carer's Benefit and Domiciliary Care Allowance are automatically entitled to the Carer's Support Grant, which is an annual payment of €1,700 for carers who look after people in need of full-time care and attention. The grant is also paid to others who are not in receipt of a social welfare payment but who are providing full time care and attention.

The grant is paid in a single annual lump sum, usually on the first Thursday in June. The grant is not means-tested and is not taxable. It is paid in respect of each care recipient.