asked the Minister for Local Government and Public Health if he will furnish a return showing the amounts paid for home help in the various counties of the Saorstát for the past twelve months.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. ORAL ANSWERS. - COST OF HOME HELP.
The information required by the Deputy is not yet available for the period mentioned. Perhaps the following information for the twelve months ended the 31st March, 1925, which excludes expenditure on children boarded out, will suffice:—
BOARDS OF HEALTH.
|
£ |
|
|
Carlow |
4,441 |
|
Cavan |
5,458 |
|
Clare |
14,219 |
|
North Cork |
9,814 |
|
South Cork |
24,876 |
|
West Cork |
6,402 |
|
Galway |
10,569 |
|
Kerry |
8,065 |
|
Kildare |
23,512 |
|
Kilkenny |
7,195 |
|
Laoighis |
8,001 |
|
Leitrim |
2,675 |
|
Limerick |
17,345 |
|
Limerick, C.B. |
5,451 |
|
Longford |
3,445 |
|
Louth |
7,317 |
|
Mayo |
11,822 |
|
Meath |
10,244 |
|
Monaghan |
2,230 |
|
Offaly |
6,278 |
|
Roscommon |
3,288 |
|
Sligo |
4,969 |
|
Tipperary, N.R. |
5,516 |
|
Tipperary, S.R. |
10,313 |
|
Tirconaill |
7,246 |
|
Waterford |
13,011 |
|
Westmeath |
8,190 |
|
Wexford |
14,028 |
|
Wicklow |
12,705 |
BOARDS OF GUARDIANS.
|
£ |
|
|
Balrothery |
4,690 |
|
Dublin |
93,122 |
|
Rathdown |
6,042 |
asked the Minister for Local Government and Public Health if will state the total amount which has been paid by way of poor law allowances or home help (other than payment during employment on relief schemes) by local authorities in the Saorstát for the twelve months ending the 31st of March, 1925.
The total expenditure in respect of home assistance for the period mentioned by the Deputy was £372,479.