Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 May 2021
182. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the annual administrative cost incurred to conduct means testing of blind pension and disability allowance applicants each year from 2010 to 2021. [28524/21]
View answerThe department does not collate the requested data on the annual administrative cost incurred to conduct means testing of blind persons pension (BPP) and disability allowance (DA) applicants and therefore the figures are not available.
Eligibility for BPP and DA is conditional on satisfying the medical criteria, a means test and being habitual residence in the state. A deciding officer must decide on each element of the qualifying criteria of the scheme and it is not possible to get a breakdown of the administrative cost involved in this decision making process.
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
