Social Welfare Schemes

Tuesday, 25 July 2023

Questions (774)

Robert Troy

Question:

774. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the number of refusals in each welfare scheme that is, illness, invalidity, carer's, jobseeker's allowance, and so on; the subsequent number of reviews in advance of appeals; and the number of appeals upheld for each of the years 2020 to 2022, in tabular form. [36981/23]

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Minister for Social Protection

The number of claims rejected for various Social Welfare schemes from 2020 to 2022 are shown in Table 1 below. The number of appeals and appeal outcomes for these schemes in each of the years 2020 to 2022 are shown in Table 2, 3 and 4 respectively.

Table 1: Claims rejected, by year

Scheme	2020	2021	2022
State Pension (Non-Contributory)	2,068	2,059	2,609
State Pension (Contributory)	13,742	14,358	12,207
Widow/er's or Surviving Civil Partner's Contributory Pension	1,130	1,092	1,334
Widow(er)s' or Surviving Civil Partners' Contributory Pension (Death Benefit)	33	38	38
Jobseeker's Allowance	11,856	9,423	11,859
Farm Assist	98	44	12
Jobseeker's Benefit	4,751	4,658	5,907
Pandemic Unemployment Payment	27,599	9,571	5,070
One Parent Family Payment	886	782	908
Widow/er's or Surviving Civil Partner's Non-Contributory Pension	95	133	160
Supplementary Welfare Allowance	3,645	3,797	5,792
Maternity Benefit	1,699	1,307	1,633
Paternity Benefit	1,123	841	882
Parent’s Benefit	258	588	2,255
Partial Capacity Benefit	123	248	313
Disability Allowance	13,559	13,989	14,593
Blind Pension	57	50	56
Carer's Allowance	10,495	9,134	10,115
Domiciliary Care Allowance	2,639	2,483	3,948
Illness Benefit	15,180	17,384	26,565
Injury Benefit	1,632	2,294	2,493
Invalidity Pension	5,270	4,551	4,142
Disablement Benefit	422	202	123
Carer's Benefit	1,381	1,077	1,404
Child Benefit	1,407	1,615	1,200
Working Family Payment	9,294	9,469	18,449
Guardian's Payment (Non-Contributory)	18	22	78
Guardian's Payment (Contributory)	52	87	83

Table 2: Outcome of Appeals by category, 2020

Scheme	Allowed	Partially Allowed	Revised DO Decision	Disallowed	Withdrawn	Total
State Pension (Non-Contributory)	56	32	73	235	12	408
State Pension (Contributory	37	13	75	379	8	512
Widow’s/Widower’s Pension (Contributory)	4	0	9	47	4	64
Death Benefit	0	0	0	2	0	2
Jobseeker’s Allowance - Payments	213	50	295	801	178	1,537
Jobseeker’s Allowance -Means	121	38	227	914	187	1,487
Jobseeker’s Transitional Payment	11	6	23	54	8	102
Farm Assist	10	8	20	56	7	101
Jobseeker’s Benefit	99	33	194	407	95	828
Jobseekers Benefit Self Employed	15	0	15	38	5	73
Pandemic Unemployment Payment	0	0	0	0	7	7
One Parent Family Payment	75	15	67	157	45	359
Widow’s/Widower’s Pension (Non-Contributory)	2	1	2	11	1	17
Supplementary Welfare Allowance	181	31	158	528	119	1,017
Maternity Benefit	15	5	19	42	2	83
Paternity Benefit	8	0	11	9	0	28
Parent’s Benefit	0	0	2	1	0	3
Partial Capacity Benefit	28	1	34	45	13	121
Disability Allowance	3,930	127	657	2,642	54	7,410
Blind Pension	0	1	1	12	1	15
Carer’s Allowance	1,079	115	614	1,981	39	3,828
Domiciliary Care Allowance	912	51	477	488	8	1,936
Illness Benefit	81	10	733	217	158	1,199
Injury Benefit	16	0	18	36	6	76
Invalidity Pension	1,113	2	631	924	34	2,704
Disablement Benefit	58	14	17	139	2	230
Carer’s Benefit	44	6	181	123	7	361
Child Benefit	42	15	132	331	17	537
Working Family Payment	170	23	448	609	32	1,282
Guardian’s Payment (Non-Contributory)	6	2	2	3	0	13
Guardian’s Payment (Contributory)	8	0	7	16	1	32

Table 3: Outcome of Appeals by category, 2021

Scheme	Allowed	Partially Allowed	Revised DO Decision	Disallowed	Withdrawn	Total
State Pension (Non-Contributory)	51	31	56	168	12	318
State Pension (Contributory	29	7	58	241	9	344
Widow’s/Widower’s Pension (Contributory)	5	2	11	38	5	61
Death Benefit	-	-	-	2	-	2
Jobseeker’s Allowance - Payments	181	40	233	577	144	1,175
Jobseeker’s Allowance -Means	65	33	141	506	146	891
Jobseeker’s Transitional	11	6	20	38	18	93
Farm Assist	6	4	12	41	9	72
Jobseeker’s Benefit	96	93	242	562	109	1,102
Jobseeker’s Benefit Over 65	11	-	7	121	7	146
Jobseeker’s Benefit Self Employed	3	0	4	14	4	25
Pandemic Unemployment Payment	14	2	1,984	630	35	2,665
One Parent Family Payment	56	10	56	98	29	249
Widow’s/Widower’s Pension (Non-Contributory)	1	0	3	8	0	12
Supplementary Welfare Allowance	182	27	121	486	70	886
Maternity Benefit	4	3	21	30	1	59
Paternity Benefit	3	2	17	14	0	36
Parent’s Benefit	0	0	4	2	0	6
Partial Capacity Benefit	42	-	14	81	12	149
Disability Allowance	2,611	101	643	2,178	42	5,575
Blind Pension	0	2	1	14	0	17
Carer’s Allowance	886	95	519	1,743	24	3,267
Domiciliary Care Allowance	533	25	484	338	5	1,385
Illness Benefit	33	10	433	202	49	727
Injury Benefit	15	1	13	32	18	79
Invalidity Pension	869	5	439	675	19	2,007
Disablement Benefit	79	18	41	169	4	311
Carer’s Benefit	58	3	97	119	4	281
Child Benefit	41	14	126	224	18	423
Working Family Payment	106	10	610	300	95	1,121
Guardian’s Payment (Non-Contributory)	3	2	1	10	-	16
Guardian’s Payment (Contributory)	8	-	2	23	-	33

Table 4: Outcome of Appeals by category, 2022

Scheme	Allowed	Partially Allowed	Revised DO Decision	Disallowed	Withdrawn	Total
State Pension (Non-Contributory)	34	24	70	159	17	304
State Pension (Contributory	32	11	122	327	23	515
Widow’s/Widower’s Pension (Contributory)	6	1	11	45	4	67
Death Benefit	0	0	0	1	0	1
Jobseeker’s Allowance - Payments	170	56	520	822	266	1,834
Jobseeker’s Allowance -Means	43	16	167	377	143	746
Jobseeker’s Transitional	9	3	31	41	21	105
Farm Assist	10	8	22	32	10	82
Jobseeker’s Benefit	88	23	389	388	141	1,029
Jobseeker’s Benefit Over 65	7	2	24	145	12	190
Jobseekers Benefit Self Employed	5	0	18	30	5	58
Pandemic Unemployment Payment	54	9	305	504	24	896
One Parent Family Payment	24	8	114	105	54	305
Widow’s/Widower’s Pension (Non-Contributory)	0	1	3	12	1	17
Supplementary Welfare Allowance	111	20	144	571	79	925
Maternity Benefit	15	1	32	50	1	99
Paternity Benefit	3	0	22	17	0	42
Parent’s Benefit	3	2	18	13	1	37
Partial Capacity Benefit	35	4	5	50	12	106
Disability Allowance	2,348	74	722	2,222	69	5,435
Blind Pension	1	0	4	8	0	13
Carer’s Allowance	804	67	520	1,953	44	3,388
Domiciliary Care Allowance	698	48	712	535	17	2,010
Illness Benefit	37	2	1,129	238	115	1,521
Injury Benefit	12	0	14	35	12	73
Invalidity Pension	570	7	387	590	36	1,590
Disablement Benefit	51	7	21	122	5	206
Carer’s Benefit	76	1	78	113	6	274
Child Benefit	31	7	118	150	24	330
Working Family Payment	54	5	795	236	224	1,314
Guardian’s Payment (Non-Contributory)	5	3	7	5	0	20
Guardian’s Payment (Contributory)	12	3	5	24	3	47