Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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165. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of carer’s allowance (CA), broken down by the number of recipients of a full rate CA payment, the number of recipients of a half-rate CA payment as a consequence of being in receipt of other social welfare payments; the number of recipients of a 150% full-rate payment as a consequence of caring for two or more people; and the number of recipients of a 150% half-rate payment as a consequence of caring for two or more people, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41987/24]

Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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166. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of a half-rate carer’s allowance payment who are also in receipt of a full-rate carer’s allowance payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41988/24]

Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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167. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of a full-rate carer’s allowance payment who are not in receipt of a half-rate payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41989/24]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 165 to 167, inclusive, together.

A person in receipt of certain social welfare payments who is providing full time care and attention to another person may retain their payment, and receive a half-rate Carer's Allowance payment as well. A person on Carer's Allowance can receive a higher personal rate of an additional 50% if caring for two or more care recipients.

At the end of September 2024, there were 97,257 recipients of Carer's Allowance. Of these, 51,467 were in receipt of a full-rate payment and 45,790 were in receipt of a half-rate Carer's Allowance payment.

Of those on full-rate Carer's Allowance, 42,742 were caring for one person and 8,725 were caring for two or more people.

Of those on half-rate Carer's Allowance, 42,683 were caring for one person and 3,107 were caring for two or more people.