Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 June 2019
931. Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of invalidity pension applications received in 2018 and to date in 2019; and the number of applications that have been approved or refused. [24112/19]
View answerThe following table shows the number of invalidity pension claims received, approved and refused for periods requested.
|
2019 (YTD) |
2018 |
|
|
No of applications received |
4,880 |
10,967 |
|
* Claims awarded |
3,467 |
7,334 |
|
Claims disallowed |
1,928 |
4,601 |
|
Claims withdrawn |
499 |
1,157 |
*Please note that the statistics in relation to awarded cases include cases in the disallowed category which were subsequently awarded following a review or a successful appeal.
