Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 April 2023
879. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if notice to cease a carer's allowance payment for a person (details suppled) in County Donegal can be stayed until requested information is provided by another Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16667/23]
View answerCarer's Allowance is a means-tested social assistance payment made to a person who is habitually resident in the State and who is providing full-time care and attention to a child or an adult who has such a disability that as a result they require that level of care.
It is also a condition for receipt of Carer's Allowance that every claimant shall furnish such certificates, documents, information, and evidence as may be required for the purposes of deciding their claim. Once claims are in payment, my department periodically reviews them to ensure that there is continued entitlement.
A review of the CA claim of the person concerned was initiated in October 2022. An information request letter issued on 21 October 2022. Some, but not all, of the requested information was provided. Details of the remaining outstanding information was provided to the person concerned by correspondence issued on 22 February 2023 and 13 March 2023. Payment was suspended on 30 March 2023 for failure to supply all of the requested information.
Subsequently, on 5 April 2023, the information in relation to the breakdown of the salary of the person concerned was received. However, information in relation to the salary of the spouse of the person concerned remains outstanding. In this regard, a further reminder letter was issued on 6 April 2023. Once the sought information is received, a decision on the continued eligibility of the person concerned will be made without delay and the person will be notified directly of the outcome.
I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.
