Róisín Shortall
Ceist:142 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs the cost to the State in 1998 of child benefit payments; and the number of families who received payments. [6471/99]
Written Answers. - Child Support.
The estimated cost to the Exchequer in 1998 of child benefit payments was £418.7 million and the number of families in receipt of such payments at the end of December 1998 was £505,000.