Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 February 2012
122 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in the past three months, that is, November, December and January, who have been refused domiciliary care allowance; the number of applications received, further requests and refusals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9013/12]
View answerThe number of applicants for DCA that were received, awarded and refused in the last three months is set out in the table:
|
Month |
Applications received |
Applications fully processed in the month |
Applications awarded |
Applications refused |
|
November |
484 |
397 |
98 |
299 |
|
December |
299 |
275 |
152 |
123 |
|
January |
338 |
786 |
166 |
620 |
|
Total |
1,121 |
1,458 |
416 |
1,042 |
The Deputy should note that as it can currently take up to 8 weeks to process an application the number of applications processed in any month does not correspond with the number of applications received in the particular month. Statistics on further requests and refusals of claims processed in the period are not available.
