28224 (2025). Ricardo Menéndez March to the Minister for Social Development and Employment

28224 (2025). Ricardo Menéndez March to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: What is the number of, and amount spent on, hardship payments approved for emergency dental care for each quarter since September 2024, broken down by ethnicity, age band, gender, and payment recoverability?

Hon Louise Upston: I refer the member to the attached appendix and the following tables: • Table 21: Number of grants and amount granted for Emergency Dental Care from 1 July 2024 to 31 March 2025, by quarter and recoverable type • Table 22: Number of grants and amount granted for Emergency Dental Care from 1 July 2024 to 31 March 2025, by quarter and age group • Table 23: Number of grants and amount granted for Emergency Dental Care from 1 July 2024 to 31 March 2025, by quarter and gender • Table 24: Number of grants and amount granted for Emergency Dental Care from 1 July 2024 to 31 March 2025, by quarter and total response ethnicity