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Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 February 2023

Thursday, 16 February 2023

Questions (308)

Cathal Crowe

Question:

308. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form, on a county basis, the total number of persons who were in receipt of the Covid-19 enhanced illness benefit payment. [8030/23]

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Enhanced Illness Benefit (EIB) was a form of Illness Benefit that was payable to self-employed persons or an employee who was required to self-isolate or had been diagnosed with Covid-19. The enhanced rate of Illness Benefit came to an end on Friday 30 September 2022.

In total, 528,561 individuals received at least one EIB payment. The breakdown by county of these individuals is shown in the table below.

Table 1: Recipients of EIB, by county

County

Recipients

Carlow

7,360

Cavan

9,717

Clare

13,339

Cork

58,176

Donegal

17,130

Dublin

133,187

Galway

33,284

Kerry

16,311

Kildare

24,398

Kilkenny

11,261

Laois

9,926

Leitrim

3,292

Limerick

21,487

Longford

5,000

Louth

15,332

Mayo

15,785

Meath

23,501

Monaghan

7,909

Offaly

9,226

Roscommon

6,977

Sligo

7,234

Tipperary

18,397

Waterford

15,003

Westmeath

10,431

Wexford

18,410

Wicklow

13,929

Unknown

2,559

Total

528,561

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