Domiciliary care allowance is a payment made in respect of children under the age of 16 who have a severe disability that requires care and attention substantially in excess of another child of the same age without that disability. The need for the additional care and attention must be likely to last for at least 12 months. In 2015 a total of 6,422 applications for domiciliary care allowance were received by the Department, in 2016 that number of applications received increased to 7,434.
I hope this clarifies matters for the Deputy.