The information requested in respect of the number of people that have availed of paternity benefit from it's introduction on 1st September 2016 to 31st March 2019, by county, is set out in the following table:
PATERNITY BENEFIT Claimants by County Breakdown
County
|
Awarded 1st September 2016 - 31st December 2016
|
Awarded 2017
|
Awarded 2018
|
Awarded 1st January 2019 – 31st March 2019
|
Total Awarded
|
Carlow
|
66
|
304
|
280
|
88
|
738
|
Cavan
|
79
|
431
|
422
|
122
|
1054
|
Clare
|
107
|
607
|
537
|
154
|
1405
|
Cork
|
643
|
3385
|
3104
|
881
|
8013
|
Donegal
|
157
|
710
|
716
|
212
|
1795
|
Dublin
|
1345
|
7633
|
6906
|
2089
|
17973
|
Galway
|
292
|
1536
|
1388
|
414
|
3630
|
Kerry
|
130
|
707
|
636
|
179
|
1652
|
Kildare
|
238
|
1394
|
1240
|
357
|
3229
|
Kilkenny
|
115
|
513
|
434
|
118
|
1180
|
Laois
|
68
|
408
|
349
|
121
|
946
|
Leitrim
|
44
|
190
|
174
|
53
|
461
|
Limerick
|
205
|
1041
|
952
|
259
|
2457
|
Longford
|
41
|
199
|
191
|
64
|
495
|
Louth
|
143
|
655
|
595
|
194
|
1587
|
Mayo
|
145
|
668
|
568
|
182
|
1563
|
Meath
|
214
|
1115
|
956
|
313
|
2598
|
Monaghan
|
70
|
330
|
361
|
106
|
867
|
Offaly
|
74
|
403
|
371
|
127
|
975
|
Roscommon
|
59
|
340
|
273
|
84
|
756
|
Sligo
|
75
|
339
|
339
|
90
|
843
|
Tipperary
|
151
|
833
|
755
|
218
|
1957
|
Waterford
|
129
|
589
|
571
|
146
|
1435
|
Westmeath
|
102
|
526
|
460
|
122
|
1210
|
Wexford
|
147
|
769
|
687
|
209
|
1812
|
Wicklow
|
148
|
786
|
692
|
201
|
1827
|
Others
|
26
|
148
|
123
|
46
|
343
|
TOTAL
|
5013
|
26559
|
24080
|
7149
|
62801
|
I hope that this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.