Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families that receive child benefit payments; and the number of children these are in respect of. [25957/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The number of families in receipt of Child Benefit between 2012 and 2021, and the number of children in respect of whom these payments were made, are shown in the table below. The figures refer to the number of families and children as of 31st December for each year.

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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465. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of making a one-off annual double payment of child benefit to all recipients in July 2022. [25958/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The estimated cost of making a once-off double payment of Child Benefit in July 2022 would be an additional €172 million. There is no provision in the 2022 Revised Estimate to make such a payment.

This costing is based on the estimated average number of recipients in 2022 and is subject to change in light of emerging trends and subsequent revision of the estimated number of beneficiaries.