1975. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of parent’s benefit claims received in each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by whether the claimant is a lone parent or one of two parents in the household; the estimated annual cost of amending the Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019 to allow a lone parent to draw the full eighteen-week combined entitlement currently available across two parents, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59639/26]

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1975. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of parent’s benefit claims received in each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by whether the claimant is a lone parent or one of two parents in the household; the estimated annual cost of amending the Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019 to allow a lone parent to draw the full eighteen-week combined entitlement currently available across two parents, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59639/26]

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