Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 December 2018
647. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting period for applications for disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53477/18]
View answerDisability allowance (DA) is a weekly allowance for people with a disability aged between 16 and 66 with a disability expected to last for at least one year and who satisfy the medical condition, means test and are habitually resident in Ireland.
The target processing time for DA is to process 75% of new claims within 12 weeks. In November 2018, 74% of applications were completed within the expected timeframe. The average time taken to award a DA claim was 12 weeks.
My department is committed to ensuring that claims are processed as expeditiously as possible. The DA scheme area is continually monitored and reviewed to ensure applications are processed and customers are responded to as quickly as possible.
