John McGuinness
Question:155. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a carer's allowance was not approved for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [42626/15]
View answerTuesday, 1 December 2015
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The person in question is currently in receipt of a contributory State pension.
Carer's Allowance (CA) is a social assistance payment made to persons who are providing full-time care and attention to a person with a disability requiring such care and whose income falls below certain limits.
I confirm that the department received an application for CA from the person concerned on 4 February 2015. Additional information required to establish the person’s means was requested by the deciding officer (DO) on 23 April 2015 and the person concerned was afforded 21 days to reply. As the information was not provided by 15 June 2015, the person concerned was notified that his claim for CA could not be processed to completion and was being withdrawn. No further correspondence has been received from the person concerned.
It is open to the person in question to provide the information required by the DO to carry out a means test so that his application may be reviewed.