Liam Quaide (Cork East, Social Democrats)
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103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young people aged 18 years to 25 years that have received an exceptional needs payment in each of the years 2021 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21650/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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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 or other personal and household resources. This is an overarching term used to refer to exceptional and urgent needs payments, and certain supplements.

The scheme is demand led and payments are made at the discretion of the officers administering the scheme taking into account the requirements of the legislation and all the relevant circumstances of the case in order to ensure that the payments target those most in need of assistance.

Table 1 shows the number of Additional Need Payments made to people aged 18 to 25 years old from 2021 to 2024.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Tabular Statement

Table 1 – Additional Needs Payments made to people aged 18 to 25 years old from 2021 to 2024.