Written answers
Thursday, 25 November 2021
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Welfare Benefits
Alan 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]
Heather 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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