Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 July 2020
125. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons awaiting a decision in respect of an appeal for domiciliary care allowance in each county. [16352/20]
View answerThe Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements.
The statistics required by the Deputy are set out in the attached table. They reflect all current domiciliary care allowance appeals, whether they are at present with the Social Welfare Appeals Office or with the Department.
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
Domiciliary Care Allowance appeals outstanding by county/jurisdiction
|
County |
No. of persons |
|
Carlow |
11 |
|
Cavan |
9 |
|
Clare |
12 |
|
Cork |
104 |
|
Donegal |
17 |
|
Dublin |
139 |
|
Europe |
1 |
|
Galway |
29 |
|
Kerry |
21 |
|
Kildare |
31 |
|
Kilkenny |
6 |
|
Laois |
10 |
|
Leitrim |
3 |
|
Limerick |
30 |
|
Longford |
12 |
|
Louth |
28 |
|
Mayo |
11 |
|
Meath |
23 |
|
Monaghan |
3 |
|
Northern Ireland |
1 |
|
Offaly |
12 |
|
Roscommon |
12 |
|
Sligo |
10 |
|
Tipperary |
15 |
|
Waterford |
14 |
|
Westmeath |
14 |
|
Wexford |
23 |
|
Wicklow |
23 |
|
Total |
624 |
