Written answers
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Welfare Schemes
Naoise Ó Muirí (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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660. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the carer's support grant; the number of persons who already have carer's payments or domiciliary care allowance; and the numbers who qualify independently of these schemes. [51906/25]
Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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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. It is paid once each year, usually on the first Thursday in June.
Eligible scheme | Carer's Support Grant Recipients (June 2025) |
---|---|
Carer's Allowance | 71,007 |
Carer's Benefit | 2,219 |
Domicillary Care Allowance | 30,014 |
Combination of Carer's Allowance or Carer's Benefit and Domicillary Care Allowance | 28,754 |
Other eligibility | 4,769 |
Total | 136,763 |
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