Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 February 2022
453. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting time to process applications for and award a carer’s benefit by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5896/22]
View answerCarer's Benefit (CARB) is a PRSI based payment, made to persons who leave the workforce or reduce their working hours to provide full-time care and attention to a person who has such a disability that they require that level of care. It is payable for a maximum of 104 weeks for each person being cared for.
There are no delays with processing CARB claims at present. The target processing time for CARB is to process 90% of new claims within 12 weeks and applications are processed within the expected timeframe. The average time taken to award a CARB claim is 4 weeks.
The requested data on the processing times for CARB applications broken down by county is not collated by the Department.
I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
