Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 October 2018
491. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants for carer's allowance refused on an initial application and before a review or appeal of that decision took place in each year since 2010. [40938/18]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the following tabular statement.
Carer’s Allowance Claims disallowed at initial application:
|
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
Jan-August2018 |
|
6,972 |
5,227 |
6,827 |
9,881 |
7,078 |
7,920 |
11,144 |
8,599 |
5,856 |
