Seán Sherlock
Question:797. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who have benefitted from the carer support grant for 2022 and to date in 2023. [27393/23]
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Seán Sherlock
Question:814. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection how many people have benefited from the carer support grant for the years 2016 to 2022 in each year and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [27749/23]
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 797 and 814 together.
The Carer’s Support Grant is an annual payment made to carers who get Carer's Allowance, Carer's Benefit or Domiciliary Care Allowance. It can also be paid to certain other carers providing full-time care.
The number of individuals who received a Carer's Support Grant payment each year 2016 to 2023 (year to date) is shown in Table 1 Below.
Table 1: Carer's Support Grant recipients, by year
|
Year |
Recipients |
|
2023 |
125,098 |
|
2022 |
130,633 |
|
2021 |
121,613 |
|
2020 |
117,120 |
|
2019 |
112,373 |
|
2018 |
106,021 |
|
2017 |
99,890 |
|
2016 |
90,497 |