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
|