114. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of telephone support allowance; the expenditure on the allowance in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; the number of recipients of the household benefits package aged 70 or over who do not receive telephone support allowance; and the estimated full-year cost of extending telephone support allowance at the current rate to all recipients of the household benefits package aged 70 or over, and separately to all free travel pass holders aged 66 or over. [69199/26]

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114. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of telephone support allowance; the expenditure on the allowance in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; the number of recipients of the household benefits package aged 70 or over who do not receive telephone support allowance; and the estimated full-year cost of extending telephone support allowance at the current rate to all recipients of the household benefits package aged 70 or over, and separately to all free travel pass holders aged 66 or over. [69199/26]

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1. 30 September 2026

   Social Welfare Benefits

   114. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of telephone support allowance; the expenditure on the allowance in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; the number of recipients of the household benefits package aged 70 or over who do not receive telephone support allowance; and the estimated full-year cost of extending telephone support allowance at the current rate to all recipients of the household benefits package aged 70 or over, and separately to all free travel pass holders aged 66 or over. [69199/26]

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