Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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862. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households eligible for schemes (details supplied) effective from 1 August 2018. [30826/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the tables. The data in these tables refer to recipients of the selected social welfare payments. While it is not possible to report directly on the number of households that received the selected payments, due to how these payments are operated, for these particular schemes the household total correlates strongly to the individual recipient total. I am advised that it is not possible to report on individuals/households who may have been eligible for a particular payment but who did not apply for and subsequently receive that payment. Further, I am advised that my Department does not hold data on whether a person receiving Carer's Allowance resides with the person they are providing care to; accordingly the total recipient numbers are provided.