Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 9 October 2024
127. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons eligible for the carer's support grant by virtue of being in receipt of the carer's allowance, carer's benefit and domiciliary care allowance, respectively, in tabular form. [40423/24]
View answerAt the end of September 2024, there were 134,725 recipients of the Carer's Support Grant.
Of these, 95,440 were in receipt of Carer's Allowance, 3,680 were in receipt of Carer's Benefit and 56,369 were in receipt of Domiciliary Care Allowance.
6,741 individuals were in receipt of Carer's Support Grant and were not receiving any of the other three payments.
