Written answers

Tuesday, 22 March 2022

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Social Welfare Benefits

Photo of Aodhán Ó RíordáinAodhán Ó Ríordáin (Dublin Bay North, Labour)
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591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for maternity benefit in 2017, 2018 and 2019, by county; and the overall cost per year by county in tabular form. [14101/22]

Photo of Denise MitchellDenise Mitchell (Dublin Bay North, Sinn Fein)
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596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for maternity benefit in 2017, 2018 and 2019 broken down by county; and the overall cost per year broken down per county in tabular form. [14150/22]

Photo of Cian O'CallaghanCian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)
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604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for maternity benefit in 2017, 2018 and 2019, by county; the overall cost per year by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14254/22]

Photo of Seán HaugheySeán Haughey (Dublin Bay North, Fianna Fail)
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607. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for maternity benefit in each of the years 2017, 2018 and 2019 by county; the overall cost per year by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14345/22]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 591, 596, 604 and 607 together.

The number of applications registered by county for each of the years 2017, 2018 and 2019, for Maternity Benefit, is detailed in the following table:

County 2017 Registrations 2018 Registrations 2019 Registrations
Carlow 559 539 504
Cavan 640 708 714
Clare 1,008 960 989
Cork 5,118 5,166 5,173
Donegal 1,232 1,378 1,241
Dublin 12,929 12,922 12,756
Galway 2,524 2,520 2,466
Kerry 1,178 1,251 1,204
Kildare 2,381 2,329 2,453
Kilkenny 892 898 885
Laois 727 702 762
Leitrim 327 355 325
Limerick 1,714 1,649 1,835
Longford 325 385 333
Louth 1,188 1,188 1,229
Mayo 1,106 1,131 1,156
Meath 1,992 1,995 2,143
Monaghan 667 628 627
Offaly 642 579 631
Roscommon 561 558 579
Sligo 532 609 531
Tipperary 1,453 1,505 1,383
Waterford 948 1,061 962
Westmeath 930 805 781
Wexford 1,300 1,294 1,331
Wicklow 1,356 1,256 1,362
Total 44,227 44,372 44,354

The expenditure by county for each of the years 2017, 2018 and 2019, for Maternity Benefit, is detailed in the following table:

County 2017 Expenditure (€m) 2018 Expenditure (€m) 2019 Expenditure (€m)
Carlow 3.24 3.22 3.04
Cavan 3.70 4.23 4.30
Clare 5.84 5.74 5.96
Cork 29.64 30.89 31.16
Donegal 7.13 8.24 7.48
Dublin 74.87 77.25 76.84
Galway 14.62 15.06 14.85
Kerry 6.82 7.48 7.25
Kildare 13.79 13.93 14.78
Kilkenny 5.17 5.37 5.33
Laois 4.21 4.20 4.59
Leitrim 1.89 2.12 1.96
Limerick 9.93 9.86 11.05
Longford 1.88 2.30 2.01
Louth 6.88 7.10 7.40
Mayo 6.40 6.76 6.96
Meath 11.53 11.93 12.91
Monaghan 3.86 3.75 3.78
Offaly 3.72 3.46 3.80
Roscommon 3.25 3.34 3.49
Sligo 3.08 3.64 3.20
Tipperary 8.42 9.00 8.33
Waterford 5.49 6.34 5.80
Westmeath 5.38 4.82 4.70
Wexford 7.53 7.73 8.02
Wicklow 7.85 7.51 8.20
Total 256.13 265.28 267.20

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