Claire Kerrane
Question:869. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of parent’s leave and benefit by month in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [31085/21]
View answerTuesday, 15 June 2021
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Written answers
The Department is not in a position to say how many parents avail of the parents leave in a specific week or month as this data is not collated. Data on the number of claims to parents benefit that have been awarded each month in the period January 2020 to date is available and is set out in the table. It should be noted that while a claim may be awarded in one month, the leave and benefit could be availed of at a different time, or over a period of months, as it is available to use one week at a time.
|
2020 |
No. of Parents claims awarded |
2021 |
No. of Parents claims awarded |
|
Jan |
458 |
Jan |
2384 |
|
Feb |
517 |
Feb |
2217 |
|
Mar |
665 |
Mar |
3170 |
|
Apr |
702 |
Apr |
6700 |
|
May |
924 |
May |
4637 |
|
Jun |
1172 |
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|
Jul |
1807 |
||
|
Aug |
1698 |
||
|
Sept |
2093 |
||
|
Oct |
2386 |
||
|
Nov |
2412 |
||
|
Dec |
1849 |
I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.