Peadar Tóibín
Question:441. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of refusals for domiciliary care allowance in each of the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by county. [37334/21]
View answerTuesday, 13 July 2021
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The number of Domiciliary Care Allowance claims refused at initial application are detailed in the table below. A breakdown of these figures on a county basis is not available as this information is not routinely collated by the Department.
|
Year |
Number of DCA Applications refused |
|
2017 |
2,187 |
|
2018 |
2,225 |
|
2019 |
2,875 |
|
2020 |
2,639 |
|
2021 (to end of June) |
1,241 |
I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.