Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 December 2019
582. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for carer's allowance and carer’s benefit received to date in 2019; the number approved, pending or refused, respectively; the length of time taken to make decisions on the applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50014/19]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the following table.
Total number of carer's allowance and carer's benefit claims registered, awarded, rejected, withdrawn, cleared and pending together with the average time to award claims in weeks at the end of October 2019.
|
Registered |
Awarded |
Rejected |
Withdrawn |
Cleared |
Pending at 31/10/2019 |
Average time to award (weeks) |
|
|
Carer's Allowance |
16,655 |
14,107 |
7,432 |
482 |
22,021 |
4,357 |
14 |
|
Carer's Benefit |
4,061 |
2,875 |
1,088 |
169 |
4,132 |
646 |
12 |
