Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 February 2022
455. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications, grants and refusals for the carer’s allowance, carer’s benefit and disability allowance in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5898/22]
View answerThe following table provides a breakdown by year of applications received, awarded, cleared and refused for Carer's Allowance, Carer's Benefit and Disability Allowance between 1st January 2018 and 31st December 2021.
Carer’s Allowance
|
Year |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
|
Applications Received |
20,208 |
19,402 |
18,774 |
19,648 |
|
Applications Cleared |
27,240 |
26,404 |
28,504 |
24,354 |
|
Applications Awarded |
17,242 |
16,910 |
17,495 |
14,804 |
|
Applications Refused |
9,291 |
8,914 |
10,495 |
9,134 |
Carer’s Benefit
|
Year |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
|
Applications Received |
4,101 |
4,693 |
4,225 |
4,069 |
|
Applications Cleared |
3,900 |
4,763 |
4,789 |
3,903 |
|
Applications Awarded |
2,774 |
3,349 |
3,272 |
2,706 |
|
Applications Refused |
1,026 |
1,234 |
1,381 |
1,077 |
Disability Allowance
|
Year |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
|
Applications Received |
23,080 |
24,017 |
20,671 |
20,599 |
|
Applications Cleared |
31,017 |
32,449 |
31,322 |
28,158 |
|
Applications Awarded |
17,205 |
16,949 |
15,686 |
13,298 |
|
Applications Refused |
12,682 |
13,981 |
13,559 |
13,989 |
The requested data broken down by county is not available.
I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.
