The department does not collate the requested data in county format and therefore county breakdown is not available.
The total number of disability allowance (DA) applications received, allowed and disallowed or withdrawn from 2018 to the end of 2020 are set out in the table below.
DA Scheme
Year
|
DA Received
|
*DA Award
|
DA Disallowed
|
DA Withdrawn
|
2018
|
23,080
|
17,205*
|
12,682
|
1,130
|
2019
|
24,017
|
16,949*
|
13,981
|
1,519
|
2020
|
20,671
|
15,686*
|
13,559
|
2,077
|
(*)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.
The following tables show the number of DA appeals received and allowed or partially allowed by the social welfare appeals office (SWAO) from 2018 to the end of 2020.
Outcome of DA appeals received and allowed by SWAO
Year
|
**DA appeals received
|
DA appeals allowed
|
DA appeals partially allowed
|
DA appeals disallowed
|
2018
|
5,200**
|
3,112
|
99
|
1,256
|
2019
|
6,242**
|
3,416
|
78
|
1,801
|
2020
|
6,661**
|
3,930
|
127
|
2,642
|
(**)Please note that the statistics in relation to appeals received include both received and re-opened appeal cases less cancelled appeals.
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.