John Paul O'Shea (Cork North-West, Fine Gael)
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631. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people who have been in receipt of a jobseeker’s allowance payment for two years or longer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38986/25]

John Paul O'Shea (Cork North-West, Fine Gael)
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632. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people who have been in receipt of a jobseeker’s allowance payment for five years or longer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38987/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 631 and 632 together.

As of the week of 6th July 2025, of the 85,240 recipients of full-time unemployed Jobseeker's Allowance on the Live Register. Of these, 13,309 have been in receipt of jobseeker's Allowance for 5 years or more.

Claims may not have been in payment continuously for the entire period.

John Paul O'Shea (Cork North-West, Fine Gael)
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633. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of carer’s allowance in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38988/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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The number of people in receipt of Carer's Allowance at the end of each year from 2020 - 2024, and at the end of June 2025, is set out in the table below.

John Paul O'Shea (Cork North-West, Fine Gael)
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634. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of people in receipt of fuel allowance in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38989/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Fuel Allowance is a payment to help with the cost of heating a home during the winter months. A person can get Fuel Allowance if are they are aged 66 years or over, or getting long-term social welfare payments. The number of recipients of Fuel Allowance in December for each year from 2020-2024, and for March 2025, are shown in the table below.