Written answers

Thursday, 25 November 2021

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Social Welfare Benefits

Photo of Alan FarrellAlan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael)
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95. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have benefited, by county, from parent’s benefit since its introduction and since its expansion in April 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57133/21]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is included in the following table. Note that the numbers refer to people who were in receipt of payment for Parent's Benefit.

County Pre-April 2021 Post-April 2021
Carlow 272 363
Cavan 440 563
Clare 584 816
Cork 2,979 4,144
Donegal 656 883
Dublin 5,945 8,143
Galway 1,432 1,959
Kerry 666 959
Kildare 1,266 1,750
Kilkenny 531 743
Laois 350 500
Leitrim 199 258
Limerick 913 1,188
Longford 187 257
Louth 527 696
Mayo 599 874
Meath 1,041 1,525
Monaghan 362 517
Offaly 307 453
Roscommon 356 455
Sligo 339 463
Tipperary 761 1,042
Waterford 583 757
Westmeath 469 634
Wexford 631 911
Wicklow 613 847
Total 23,008 31,700

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