Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of the carer’s allowance; and the number who were in receipt of the allowance in each of the past ten years. [46376/23]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Carer's allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment made to a person who is habitually resident in the State and who is providing full-time care and attention to a child or an adult who has such a disability that, as a result, they require that level of care.

The total number of recipients currently in receipt of a Carer’s Allowance payment is 94,807. Please find the following table attached for the yearly statistics from 2012: