Written answers

Tuesday, 18 April 2023

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Social Welfare Schemes

Photo of Michael RingMichael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish nationals living outside the State who received the centenarian bounty in each of the past four years, in tabular form. [17477/23]

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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A person is entitled to apply for the  Centenarian Bounty if the person has reached their 100th birthday, and the person is an Irish citizen, born on the island of Ireland, and living outside the State.

The numbers of awards for the years 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, were as follows: 

Year Total Male Female
2019 222 51 171
2020 209 31 178
2021 231 41 190
2022 188 28 160

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