Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 31 March 2022
315. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details on the parent benefit scheme; the number of applications that have been received from counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath in the past 12 months, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17209/22]
View answerParent’s Benefit is a scheme for parents in the first 2 years after their child’s birth or adoption. It is paid while on parent's leave from work if he or she has sufficient PRSI contributions.
The number of applications for Parent's Benefit are not available at county level. Table 1 below shows the number of claims registered and claims awarded in each quarter from the beginning of 2021 to 28th February 2022. Table 2 below shows the number of recipients of Parent's Benefit in Cavan, Monaghan and Meath in the period from Quarter 1 2021 to Quarter 2022. Information on quarterly recipients are available in the Quarterly Statistical Report on gov.ie/dsp/statistics, and also in open data form on data.gov.ie/organization/department-of-social-protection.
Table 1: Number of registered and awarded Parent's Benefit claims, by quarter.
|
Quarter |
Registered |
Awarded |
|
Q1 2021 |
7,975 |
7,771 |
|
Q2 2021 |
16,191 |
15,737 |
|
Q3 2021 |
14,379 |
14,418 |
|
Q4 2021 |
13,427 |
13,469 |
|
Q1 2022 (To 28th February 2022) |
11,128 |
10,794 |
Table 2: The number of recipients of Parent's Benefit in Cavan, Monaghan and Meath, by quarter.
|
Quarter |
Cavan |
Monaghan |
Meath |
|
Q1 2021 |
123 |
108 |
293 |
|
Q2 2021 |
219 |
183 |
618 |
|
Q3 2021 |
288 |
274 |
779 |
|
Q4 2021 |
316 |
286 |
806 |
