Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 30 November 2023
425. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of children in each county that will qualify for the lump sum of €100 to be during the week of 27 November 2023, in tabular form. [53177/23]
View answerThis week, my Department will issue a once-off Cost of Living Lump Sum payment of €100 to people getting an Increase for a Qualified Child.
I am informed by officials in my Department that it will require more time to compile the number of children on the Illness Benefit scheme that this payment will be made in respect of. However, based on current recipient numbers of all other schemes, this payment will be made in respect of 329,521 children. This figure is an estimate and may change as new applications are received and claims are closed.
The breakdown by county of this estimated number of children for whom this once-off payment is being made is shown in Table 1 below. The county breakdown refers to the address of the customer receiving the payment rather than the address of the Qualified Child.
Table 1: Estimated number of qualified children for which the Cost of Living Lump Sum payment is being made, by county
|
County |
Recipients |
|
Carlow |
5,550 |
|
Cavan |
5,627 |
|
Clare |
8,592 |
|
Cork |
31,732 |
|
Donegal |
15,513 |
|
Dublin |
78,339 |
|
Galway |
16,345 |
|
Kerry |
11,230 |
|
Kildare |
12,901 |
|
Kilkenny |
5,378 |
|
Laois |
6,457 |
|
Leitrim |
2,929 |
|
Limerick |
14,975 |
|
Longford |
4,608 |
|
Louth |
12,319 |
|
Mayo |
10,476 |
|
Meath |
11,779 |
|
Monaghan |
4,459 |
|
Offaly |
6,613 |
|
Roscommon |
4,972 |
|
Sligo |
4,999 |
|
Tipperary |
12,882 |
|
Waterford |
9,577 |
|
Westmeath |
7,609 |
|
Wexford |
13,419 |
|
Wicklow |
9,109 |
|
Other |
1,132 |
|
Total |
329,521 |
