Written answer
Social Welfare Payments
By end-August 2026, 146,295 people received the allowance nationally, including 38,429 in County Dublin; Dublin Bay North figures were unavailable.
58. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in Dublin Bay North who availed of the Back-to-School Clothing and Footwear Allowance payments this year. [67542/26]
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The Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance is a means-tested once-off payment aimed at helping families with the extra costs of clothing and footwear when children start school each autumn. The scheme is open from 1 June to 30 September each year.
Statistics on social welfare recipients are available on a county level only. Up to end August 2026 there were 146,295 recipients of the Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance of which 38,429 were in county Dublin.