Peadar Tóibín
Question:981. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who were refused the disability allowance, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [1798/24]
View answerWednesday, 17 January 2024
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The number of claims rejected for Disability Allowance in each of the last ten years are provided in Table 1 below.
Table 1: The number of Disability Allowance claims rejected, by year
|
Year |
Claims Rejected |
|
2023 |
16,653 |
|
2022 |
14,593 |
|
2021 |
13,989 |
|
2020 |
13,559 |
|
2019 |
13,981 |
|
2018 |
12,682 |
|
2017 |
12,022 |
|
2016 |
12,027 |
|
2015 |
14,800 |
|
2014 |
12,621 |