Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 February 2012
315 Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of first-time applications for domiciliary care allowance that were approved in each of the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. [7790/12]
View answerThe Department has been accepting new claims for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) since 1st April 2009. Statistics relating to the allowance for the period prior to April 2009 are a matter for the HSE, the previous administrators of the scheme.
The number of applicants for DCA allowed on initial application by the deciding officer in each of the last 3 years is as follows:
|
Applications received |
Applications processed in year |
Applications allowed* |
Applications disallowed |
|
|
2009 (from 1st April) |
3,389 |
2,823 |
1,220 (43%) |
1,603 |
|
2010 |
5,457 |
5,333 |
2,576 (48%) |
2,757 |
|
2011 |
5,525 |
5,396 |
2,502 (46%) |
2,894 |
*Includes cases initially disallowed but allowed on review by the deciding officer following receipt of additional information from the applicant.
