Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 January 2014
364. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Social Protection when the review group report on domiciliary care allowance will be published; the recommendations and implementation plan on foot of the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2663/14]
View answerThe review of the Domiciliary Care Allowance scheme (DCA) was published in April 2013 The report makes a number of recommendations in relation to the operation of the scheme. The full report, including all of the recommendations, is published on www.welfare.ie.
An implementation group, comprising of officials from the Department of Social Protection, other relevant departments/ relevant bodies and parent/representative groups has been established to action the administrative recommendations in the report. Some of these recommendations require changes to the Department’s IT systems. This work and the work on the remaining administrative changes is underway and progressing well.
It is intended to have the administrative recommendations contained in the report will be implemented in the near future.
