Tom Neville
Question:622. Deputy Tom Neville asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance for a person (details supplied). [48098/18]
View answerTuesday, 20 November 2018
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Carer's benefit (CARB) is a PRSI based payment, made to persons who are providing full-time care and attention to a person who has such a disability that they require that level of care.
Before a decision can be made on entitlement to carer’s benefit (CARB), evidence must be provided in respect of the care recipient’s care requirement, the level of care the carer provides, the carer’s hours of employment and their PRSI record.
An application for CARB was received from the person concerned on 18 July 2018.
One of the qualifying conditions requires that the carer must have the following:
- 39 reckonable contributions in the relevant tax year (2016 in this instance) or
- 39 reckonable contributions paid in the 12-month period before the start of Carer's Benefit or
- 26 reckonable contributions paid in the Relevant Tax Year and 26 contributions paid in the year before that.
The application was disallowed on the grounds that this condition was not satisfied.
The person concerned was notified on 26 October 2018 of this decision, the reason for it and of her right of review and appeal.
The person concerned requested a review of this decision. The outcome of the review is that the original decision is confirmed. On 30 October 2018 the person concerned was notified of this outcome and of their right of appeal.
The department was notified on 8 November 2018 that the person concerned had submitted an appeal to the Social Welfare Appeals Office (SWAO). Once the SWAO notifies the Department that it has received the appeal, a submission in support of the decision will be prepared and forwarded along with the file to the SWAO for determination.
I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.