Vol. 506 No. 5
196 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs the number of new claimants of child benefit for each of the past five years involving twins, triplets and quadruplets or greater number. [15681/99]
The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following table. Claims for multiple births greater than quadruplets were not received during the years in question.
|
Claims |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
|
Twins |
602 |
636 |
646 |
707 |
69 |
|
Triplets |
11 |
17 |
19 |
21 |
22 |
|
Quadruplets |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Total |
614 |
653 |
665 |
729 |
713 |
