Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 July 2019
2678. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons, by week and county, awaiting assignment of an inspector in respect of a disability allowance application in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31763/19]
View answerThe total number of disability allowance (DA) new applications currently with an open investigation with Social Welfare Inspectors at the end of June 2019 was 245.
The following table is a breakdown of these cases by county.
|
COUNTY |
TOTAL |
|
CARLOW |
5 |
|
CAVAN |
9 |
|
CLARE |
5 |
|
CORK |
27 |
|
DONEGAL |
6 |
|
DUBLIN |
56 |
|
GALWAY |
28 |
|
KERRY |
10 |
|
KILDARE |
6 |
|
KILKENNY |
2 |
|
LAOIS |
2 |
|
LEITRIM |
3 |
|
LIMERICK |
12 |
|
LONGFORD |
1 |
|
LOUTH |
5 |
|
MAYO |
5 |
|
MEATH |
8 |
|
OFFALY |
9 |
|
ROSCOMMON |
5 |
|
SLIGO |
4 |
|
TIPPERARY |
10 |
|
WATERFORD |
8 |
|
WESTMEATH |
4 |
|
WEXFORD |
8 |
|
WICKLOW |
7 |
|
TOTAL |
245 |
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
