Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 2 June 2021
167. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years in receipt of disability allowance; and the number under 25 years in receipt of the allowance for 12 months or more in tabular form. [30122/21]
View answerDisability allowance (DA) is a weekly allowance for people aged between 16 and 66 with a disability which is expected to last for at least one year, and who satisfy the medical condition, the means test and who are habitually resident in Ireland.
At the end of April 2021 the number of persons who are under 25 years of age and who are in receipt of the payment from DA was 21,759. Of these 18,041 have been in receipt of DA for more than 12 months.
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
