Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 July 2016
321. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide the waiting times experienced by those applying for domiciliary care allowance in 2015 and in 2016 to date; the number of applicants for the allowance over the past three years by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19814/16]
View answerThe average time taken to process domiciliary care allowance (DCA) applications in 2015 was 13 weeks and over the first five months of 2016 (to 31 May) it was 12.5 weeks.
The numbers of DCA applications that were received from 2013 to 31 May 2016 are detailed in the following table. Information on applications is not collated or held on a county basis, so it is not possible to provide the more detailed information requested.
Number of Domiciliary Care Allowance applications
|
Year |
Applications Received |
|
2013 |
4,829 |
|
2014 |
5,743 |
|
2015 |
6,422 |
|
2016 (to 31/05/2016) |
3,246 |
