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Social Welfare Payments

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 March 2022

Tuesday, 8 March 2022

Questions (368)

Gary Gannon

Question:

368. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of 16- and 17-year-olds living with cancer who applied for disability allowance from 2018 - 2021; the number of applications that were accepted and refused; the annual expenditure on accepted cases in tabular form. [12900/22]

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Disability Allowance is a weekly payment payable to persons who have a disability, illness, or injury that is expected to last for more than one year, who are substantially restricted from doing work that would otherwise be suitable for a person of their age, experience, and qualifications. Persons must additionally be aged between 16 and 66 years, and satisfy a means test. Information in relation to persons aged 16 and 17 who applied for and received/did not receive Disability Allowance with a primary diagnostic code indicating cancer is set out below. Expenditure has been rounded to the nearest hundred euro.

2018

2019

2020

2021

Not Awarded

5

4

6

9

Awarded and Paying

37

49

54

41

Expenditure

€262,800

€373,900

€427,000

€272,600

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