Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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692. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of farm assist in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3015/25]

Donna McGettigan (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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740. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of farm assist in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3352/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 692 and 740 together,

The number of recipients of Farm Assist in County Clare for each of the years 2020 - 2024 are shown below.

The Deputy may also be interested to know that the the number of people on these schemes by year, including a breakdown by county, is available in the Annual Statistics Reports published by the Statistics Unit of the Department of Social Protection on gov.ie (currently available up to 2023).

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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693. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of fish assist in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3016/25]

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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698. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of professional artists on jobseeker's allowance in the State, and in County Clare, for each of the years 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3021/25]

Donna McGettigan (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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741. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of fish assist in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3353/25]

Donna McGettigan (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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746. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of professional artists on jobseeker’s allowance in the State, and in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3358/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 693, 698, 741 and 746 together.

Both Fish Assist and Jobseeker’s for Professional Artists are administered under the Jobseeker’s Allowance scheme. As such, county breakdowns are not separately available for these forms of Jobseeker’s Allowance. The table below details the number of recipients of Jobseeker’s Allowance for county Clare in each of the years requested. These numbers are inclusive of any recipients of Fish Assist or Jobseeker’s for Professional Artists.

The total number of recipients of Jobseeker's Allowance in the State is shown in the table below. Again, as Jobseeker's Allowance for Professional Artists is administered under the Jobseeker's Allowance scheme, separate numbers for this are not available.

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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694. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker's allowance in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3017/25]

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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697. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker's transitional payment in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3020/25]

Donna McGettigan (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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742. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3354/25]

Donna McGettigan (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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745. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of jobseeker’s transitional payment in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3357/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take questions Nos. 693, 698, 741 and 746 together.

The number of recipients of Jobseeker's Allowance and Jobseeker's Transitional Payment in County Clare for each of the years 2020 - 2024 are shown below.

The Deputy may also be interested to know that the number of people on these schemes by year, including a breakdown by county, is available in the Annual Statistics Reports published by the Statistics Unit of the Department of Social Protection on gov.ie (currently available up to 2023).

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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695. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker's benefit in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3018/25]

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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696. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker's benefit for the self-employed in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3019/25]

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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719. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of benefit payment for 65-year-olds in County Clare, in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3047/25]

Donna McGettigan (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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739. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of benefit payment for 65-year-olds in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3350/25]

Donna McGettigan (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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743. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3355/25]

Donna McGettigan (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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744. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit for the self-employed in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if' he will make a statement on the matter. [3356/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 695, 696, 719, 739, 743, 744 together.

The number of recipients of Jobseeker's Benefit in County Clare for each of the years 2020 - 2024 are shown below. Note that Jobseeker's Benefit for the Self-Employed and Benefit Payment for 65-year-olds are administered as part of the Jobseeker's Benefit scheme. As such, county breakdowns are not separately available for these forms of Jobseeker’s Benefit. The table below details the number of recipients of Jobseeker’s Benefit for county Clare in each of the years requested. These numbers are inclusive of any recipients of Jobseeker's Benefit for the Self-Employed and Benefit Payment for 65-year-olds. Note that Benefit Payment for 65-year-olds was introduced in February 2021.

The Deputy may also be interested to know that the number of people on Jobseeker's Benefit by year, including a breakdown by county, is available in the Annual Statistics Reports published by the Statistics Unit of the Department of Social Protection on gov.ie (currently available up to 2023).

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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699. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who received a supplementary welfare allowance payment in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3023/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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The number of recipients of Supplementary Welfare Allowance in County Clare for each of the years 2020 - 2024 are shown below.

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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700. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the blind pension in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3025/25]

Donna McGettigan (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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748. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the blind pension in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3362/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 700 and 748 together.

The number of recipients of Blind Pension in County Clare for each of the years 2020 - 2024 are shown below.

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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701. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of carer's allowance in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3026/25]

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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702. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of carer's benefit in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3027/25]

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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704. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of disability allowance in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3029/25]

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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705. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of invalidity pension in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3030/25]

Donna McGettigan (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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749. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of carer’s allowance in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3363/25]

Donna McGettigan (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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750. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of carer’s benefit in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3364/25]

Donna McGettigan (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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752. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of disability allowance in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3366/25]

Donna McGettigan (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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753. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of invalidity pension in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3367/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 701, 702, 704, 705, 749, 750, 752, 753 together.

The number of recipients of Disability Allowance, Carer's Allowance, Invalidity Pension, and Carer's Benefit in County Clare for each of the years 2020 - 2024 are shown below.

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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703. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of constant attendance allowance in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3028/25]

Donna McGettigan (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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751. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of constant attendance allowance in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3365/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 703 and 751 together.

Constant Attendance Allowance is an increase to Disablement Benefit for persons who lose their physical or mental ability due to an accident at work or a work-related illness, and as a result need daily care.

The Department of Social Protection does not currently hold statistics on the number of recipients of the Constant Attendance Allowance by county; the number of recipients of Disablement Benefit by county are given in the below table. Note that statistics on number of recipients by county of Disablement Benefit were not maintained before 2021 and so are not currently available.

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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706. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people who received an urgent needs payment in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3031/25]

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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714. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of basic supplementary welfare allowance in County Clare, in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3042/25]

Donna McGettigan (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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734. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of basic supplementary welfare allowance in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3345/25]

Donna McGettigan (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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747. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people who received a supplementary welfare allowance payment in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3360/25]

Donna McGettigan (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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754. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people who received an urgent needs payment in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3368/25]

Donna McGettigan (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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759. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of rent supplement in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3373/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 706, 714, 734, 747, 754, 759 together.

The Supplementary Welfare Allowance scheme is the safety net within the overall social welfare system in that it provides assistance to eligible people in the State whose means are insufficient to meet their needs and those of their dependents. Supports provided under the scheme can consist of a basic weekly payment, a weekly or monthly supplement in respect of certain expenses, as well as Additional Needs Payments.

The Basic Supplementary Welfare allowance provides immediate assistance for those in need who are awaiting the outcome of a claim or an appeal for a primary social welfare payment or do not qualify for payment under other State schemes.

Rent supplement provides short-term income support to eligible people living in private rented accommodation whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do not have accommodation available to them from any other source. The scheme ensures that for those who were renting, but whose circumstances have changed due to temporary loss of employment, can continue to meet their rental commitments.

Under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance scheme, my department may make Additional Needs Payments to help meet essential expenses that a person cannot pay from their weekly income. This is an overarching term used to refer to Exceptional and Urgent Needs Payments, and certain supplements to assist with ongoing or recurring costs that cannot be met from the customer’s own resources, and which are deemed to be necessary. Urgent Needs Payments make up only a small percentage of the payments made under the Additional Needs Payment scheme.

Table 1 shows the number of Basic Supplementary Allowance and supplement recipients in Co Clare, at year end 2020-2024.

Table 2 shows the number of Additional Needs Payments (excluding supplements) issued in Co Clare, 2020-2024.

Any person who considers they may have an entitlement to a Supplementary Welfare Allowance payment is encouraged to contact their local community welfare service. There is a National Community Welfare Contact Centre in place - 0818-607080 - which will direct callers to the appropriate office.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputies.

Tabular Statement

Table 1- Basic Supplementary Welfare Allowance and Supplement recipients in Co Clare, at year end 2020-2024.

Table 2- Additional Needs Payments (excluding supplements) issued in Co Clare, 2020-2024

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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707. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the wage subsidy scheme in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3032/25]

Donna McGettigan (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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755. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the wager subsidy scheme in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3369/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 707 and 755 together.

The number of recipients of the Wage Subsidy Scheme in County Clare at the end of 2024 was 66.

Note that statistics on the number of recipients of the Wage Subsidy Scheme by county were not maintained by the DSP prior to 2024 and so the number of recipients broken down by county for the years 2020 - 2023 is not available.

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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708. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the back to education allowance in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3033/25]

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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718. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the back to work enterprise allowance in the county of Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3046/25]

Donna McGettigan (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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738. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the back-to-work enterprise allowance in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3349/25]

Donna McGettigan (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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756. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the back-to-education allowance in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3370/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 708, 718, 738, 756 together.

The number of recipients of Back to Work Enterprise Allowance and Back to Education Allowance in County Clare for each of the years 2020 - 2024 are shown below.

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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709. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the State pension (contributory) in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3034/25]

Donna McGettigan (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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757. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the State pension (contributory) in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3371/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 709 and 757 together.

The number of recipients of State Pension (Contributory) in County Clare for each of the years 2020 - 2024 are shown below.

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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710. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the State pension (non-contributory) in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3035/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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The table below shows the end-year numbers of recipients of state pension non-contributory in Co Clare for the years 2020 - 2024. The numbers have remained relatively consistent, averaging at 3,179 over the past five years.

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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711. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of rent supplement in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3036/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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The number of recipients of Rent Supplement in County Clare for each of the years 2020 - 2024 are shown below.

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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712. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance in County Clare, in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3040/25]

Donna McGettigan (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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732. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3343/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 712 and 732 together.

The Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance (BSCFA) scheme provides a once-off payment to eligible families to assist with the costs of clothing and footwear when children start or return to school each autumn. The scheme operates from June to September each year.

The allowance is paid in respect of eligible children between the ages of 4 and 17 on or before 30 September and eligible children between the ages of 18 and 22 on or before 30 September, if returning to full time second level education. To qualify for the allowance, the applicant must be in receipt of an increase for a qualified child in respect of the child for whom the allowance is being claimed, the applicant must be in receipt of a qualifying payment and the assessable income for the household must be within a set income limit.

The number of BSCFA recipients and the number of qualified children for whom BSCFA was approved in County Clare in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 is set out in tabular form below.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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713. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the back to work family dividend in County Clare, in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3041/25]

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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715. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of one parent family payment in County of Clare, for each year from 2001 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3043/25]

Donna McGettigan (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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733. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the back-to-work family dividend in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3344/25]

Donna McGettigan (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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735. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of one-parent family payment in County Clare for each of the years 2001 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3346/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 713, 715, 733 and 735 together.

The number of recipients of One Parent Family Payment and Back to Work Family Dividend in County Clare for each of the years 2020 - 2024 are shown below.