Written answers

Wednesday, 22 January 2025

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Social Welfare Payments

Photo of Pa DalyPa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
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906. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in each county in receipt of the carer’s support grant in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1930/25]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Carer’s Support Grant is an annual payment made to carers who get Carer's Allowance, Carer's Benefit or Domiciliary Care Allowance. It can also be paid to certain other carers providing full-time care. Following Budget 2025 measures, the rate of payment is €2,000 from June 2025.

The table below shows the number of recipients of Carer's Support Grant as of 31st December by county in each of the years 2020 to 2024.

Table 1: Carer's Support Grant recipients, by year

County 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Carlow 1,855 1,844 1,912 2,004 2,060
Cavan 1,886 1,932 2,033 2,143 2,298
Clare 2,914 3,089 3,105 3,206 3,275
Cork 13,889 14,332 14,846 15,451 16,065
Donegal 5,119 5,149 5,191 5,407 5,590
Dublin 25,409 26,414 27,551 29,134 30,587
Galway 6,184 6,209 6,268 6,524 6,798
Kerry 4,130 4,220 4,296 4,417 4,603
Kildare 4,603 4,753 4,979 5,314 5,659
Kilkenny 2,207 2,412 2,483 2,591 2,703
Laois 2,206 2,429 2,525 2,656 2,827
Leitrim 917 949 974 1,000 1,059
Limerick 6,216 6,320 6,519 6,813 6,986
Longford 1,396 1,404 1,443 1,539 1,592
Louth 3,495 3,535 3,651 3,806 4,024
Mayo 3,705 3,730 3,777 3,893 4,043
Meath 3,879 4,183 4,400 4,761 5,095
Monaghan 1,405 1,451 1,520 1,585 1,674
Offaly 2,629 2,732 2,794 2,924 3,049
Roscommon 1,955 2,066 2,109 2,168 2,269
Sligo 1,770 1,791 1,761 1,840 1,903
Tipperary 5,173 5,273 5,364 5,481 5,637
Waterford 3,071 3,036 3,158 3,314 3,480
Westmeath 2,735 2,780 2,809 2,935 3,113
Wexford 4,692 4,765 4,881 5,061 5,261
Wicklow 3,293 3,312 3,428 3,632 3,829
Unknown 105 144 157 102 107
Total 116,838 120,254 123,934 129,701 135,586

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