Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 2 October 2024
142. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of children in receipt of domiciliary care allowance in 2020, 2022 and 2023; the number of children who transferred from domiciliary care allowance to disability allowance once they turned 16 in 2020, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [39220/24]
View answerThe number of children on Domiciliary Care Allowance in December 2020, December 2022 and August 2023, and the number of those who were on Disability Allowance 12 months later is shown in the table below.
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Domiciliary Care Allowance children |
Domiciliary Care Allowance children on Disability allowance 12 months later |
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December 2020 |
48,980 |
1,898 |
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December 2022 |
56,045 |
2,158 |
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August 2023 |
58,968 |
2,707 |
