Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Thursday, 29 November 2018

Questions (212)

Maurice Quinlivan

Question:

212. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated time for a payment to be awarded for a domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49851/18]

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Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

The Department has a processing target to finalise 90% of domiciliary care allowance (DCA) applications within 10 weeks. Processing times can be affected at particular times of the year by the volume of applications received, the complexity of individual cases and the availability of resources. While a small number of applications take longer to process than the norm, the overall average time taken to process DCA applications in 2018 has not exceeded 10 weeks.

I hope this clarifies matters for the Deputy.