314. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection for a breakdown of the additional payments for people in receipt carer's allowance; the number of people in receipt of additional allowances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52537/26]

Carer’s Allowance is a social welfare payment for people who provide full-time care and attention to a person who requires such care due to age, disability, or illness. Where a person is already receiving certain social welfare payments and meets all the qualifying conditions for Carer’s Allowance, they may retain their primary social welfare payment and receive a half-rate Carer’s Allowance in addition. Details on the numbers of recipients of the half-rate Carer's Allowance, including the breakdown of the other social protection payment, are published in my Department's Annual Statistics Report, available through gov.ie/dsp/statistics.

At end-December 2025, there were 49,234 recipients of Carer’s Allowance who were also in receipt of another social welfare payment; i.e. in receipt of a half-rate Carer’s Allowance. The table below sets out the types of additional social welfare payments received and the number of recipients in receipt of each payment.

A further 29,160 individuals were in receipt of both Domiciliary Care Allowance and the full rate of Carer’s Allowance at end-December 2025.