Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 September 2023
648. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate her latest estimate for the numbers of recipients of domiciliary care allowance, working family payment, carer's allowance, carer's benefit and carer's support grant; and her estimate of the number of children deriving support from these payments in each case. [40361/23]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is shown in the attached tabular statement.
|
Number of recipients |
Number of children |
|
|
Domiciliary Care Allowance |
52,667 |
58,968 |
|
Working Family Payment |
45,504 |
97,366 |
|
Carer's Allowance |
94,310 |
53,055 |
|
Carer's Benefit |
3,859 |
779 |
|
Carer's Support Grant |
128,374 |
63,408 |
