Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 July 2016
126. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21891/16]
View answerI confirm that my department received an application for carer’s allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 11 March 2016.
The documentation enclosed in support of the application was not sufficient to enable the application to be assessed by a deciding officer (DO). Therefore, the DO has referred the application to a local social welfare investigative officer (SWI) on 8 July 2016 for a report on means, the level of care being provided by the person in question and for confirmation that all the conditions for receipt of CA are satisfied.
Once the SWI has reported, a DO will make a decision on the application and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.
I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
