Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 November 2018
557. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of parents that took part in the paternity leave scheme in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [48948/18]
View answerThe information requested in respect of the number of people that have availed of paternity benefit in 2016, 2017 and from 1 January 2018 to 31 October 2018 is set out in the table:
|
PATERNITY BENEFIT |
Recipients |
|
1st January 2018 - 31st October 2018 |
19,837 |
|
2017 |
26,559 |
|
2016 (Commenced 1 September) |
5,013 |
I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
