Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families in each county that received the double child benefit payment in November 2022; and the number of children in each county in respect of whom a payment was made in tabular form. [56748/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Child Benefit is a monthly payment to the parents or guardians of children under 16 years of age.  Child Benefit can also be claimed for children aged 16 and 17, if they are in full-time education or full-time training or have a disability and cannot support themselves. 

The once off double payment for those in receipt of Child Benefit payments issued on the 1st of November 2022. 

Payments were made to 643,000 families in respect of 1.2 million children. 

Please find attached, the number of families in each county that received the double child benefit payment in November 2022.  The specific number of children, by county, who were the beneficiaries of this payment is not readily available at this time.

I trust this helps clarify the position for the Deputy.

Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in each county receiving an autumn double payment, in tabular form. [56749/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Budget 2023 included a very comprehensive package of measures to be implemented over the rest of 2022 and for the early part of next year to help households, businesses and civic society cope with the increased cost of living.  As part of this package an Autumn double payment has been issued to recipients of weekly Social Protection payments.  In addition, recipients of Child Benefit in November 2022 have also received a double payment.  The county breakdown of the recipients of these double payments is shown in the table.

Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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415. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in each county who will receive the €500 disability support grant announced in budget 2023, in tabular form. [56750/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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My department is committed to do everything we can to assist people with disabilities and to act quickly to deliver the Disability Support Grant and other budget measures within an exceptionally short timeframe.

The once-off payment of €500 to those in receipt of the disability support payments to people on Disability Allowance (DA), Blind Pension (BP) and Invalidity Pension (IP) will commence the week of the 14 November 2022.

At the end of October 2022, there are 157,101 recipients of Disability Allowance who are entitled to the Disability Support Grant.

The department is not in a position to collate the requested data of the number of persons in each county that will receive the €500 disability support grant in tabular form, while this process is ongoing.

Detailed information on scheme recipients, including recipients by county, are published each year by my Department in the Annual Statistical Report on Social Welfare Services, which is available at gov.ie/dsp/statistics.  The Annual Statistical Report on Social Welfare Services in respect of 2022 will be published in 2023.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households in each county that will receive a €400 fuel allowance lump sum payment, in tabular form. [56751/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Budget 2023 included a very comprehensive package of measures to be implemented over the rest of 2022 and for the early part of next year to help households, businesses and civic society cope with the increased cost of living.  As part of this package a €400 lump sum payment is issued to people in receipt of the Fuel Allowance.  The county breakdown of those in receipt of the Fuel Allowance at the end of October 2022 is shown in the attached tabular statement.  Note that these numbers are subject to change given that the payment will be based on those awarded and in payment throughout the period of eligibility.

Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households in each county that will receive a €500 lump sum working family payment, in tabular form. [56752/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Working Family Payment (WFP) is a weekly tax-free payment for employees with children which supports people in low paid employment.  The WFP is designed to prevent in-work poverty for low paid workers with child dependents, and to offer a financial incentive to take up employment.

It is a targeted measure that is directly linked to household income and therefore directly supports low-income working families.  There are approximately 45,000 families with 100,000 children who are currently in receipt of WFP. 

Budget 2023 included the provision of a once off €500 cost of living lump sum payment to all WFP recipients and is due to be paid on the 17th November.

The department is not in a position to collate the requested data of the number of persons in each county that will receive the €500 WFP cost of living lump sum payment in tabular form, while this process is ongoing.

Detailed information on scheme recipients, including recipients by county, are published each year by my Department in the Annual Statistical Report on Social Welfare Services, which is available at gov.ie/dsp/statistics.  The Annual Statistical Report on Social Welfare Services in respect of 2022 will be published in 2023.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in each county in receipt of the living alone allowance who will receive a €200 lump sum payment, in tabular form. [56753/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Budget 2023 included a very comprehensive package of measures to be implemented over the rest of 2022 and for the early part of next year to help households, businesses and civic society cope with the increased cost of living.  As part of this package a €200 lump sum payment will be issued to people in receipt of the Living Alone Allowance.  The county breakdown of those in receipt of the Living Alone Allowance at the end of October 2022 is shown in the attached tabular statement.  Note that these numbers are subject to change given that the payment will be based on those awarded and in payment in November 2022.

Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in each county who will receive a €500 carer’s support grant in November 2022, in tabular form. [56754/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Budget 2023 included a very comprehensive package of measures to be implemented over the rest of 2022 and for the early part of next year to help households, businesses and civic society cope with the increased cost of living.  As part of this package a €500 lump sum payment will be issued to people in receipt of the carer’s support grant.  The county breakdown of those in receipt of the carer’s support grant at the end of October 2022 is shown in the attached tabular statement.  Note that these numbers are subject to change given that the payment will be based on those awarded and in payment in November 2022.