Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 January 2021
356. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of invalidity pension applications received by her Department in 2020; the number of applications that were approved; the number of applications refused; and the number of applications still ongoing. [2929/21]
View answerThe table below shows the number of invalidity pension claims received, approved, refused and withdrawn for the period requested.
|
Year |
2020 |
|
No of applications received |
9,991 |
|
Claims awarded* |
8,332 |
|
Claims disallowed |
5,270 |
|
Claims withdrawn |
1,350 |
|
Claims pending |
1,312 |
*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.
