Written answers
Thursday, 19 June 2025
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Welfare Payments
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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173. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of persons in receipt of the carers allowance at year end for each of the past ten years; and the current total number in receipt of the allowance. [32430/25]
Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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The number of persons in receipt of Carer's Allowance at year end for each of the past 10 years is shown below, along with number of persons in receipt as of the end of May 2025:
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | End of May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63,003 | 70,459 | 75,264 | 79,914 | 84,028 | 88,906 | 90,889 | 92,175 | 95,787 | 97,985 | 100,251 |
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