Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 January 2024
984. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who, having been refused the domiciliary care allowance, were successful in their appeals of the Department’s decision to refuse in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [1801/24]
View answerThe Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements.
The table below provides the number of Domiciliary Care Allowance appeals finalised as well as the number of these appeals that were successful for the years 2014 to 2023. The appeals finalise includes appeals where on review following the submission of appeal documentation, the Department subsequently revised their original decision in favour of the applicant.
|
Year |
DCA Appeals Finalised |
Favourable Outcomes following Appeals Officer determination |
Original decision revised by the Department |
|
2023 |
2,039 |
916 |
407 |
|
2022 |
2,010 |
746 |
712 |
|
2021 |
1,385 |
558 |
484 |
|
2020 |
1,936 |
963 |
477 |
|
2019 |
1,708 |
821 |
517 |
|
2018 |
1,589 |
699 |
590 |
|
2017 |
808 |
307 |
343 |
|
2016 |
1,352 |
614 |
469 |
|
2015 |
1,167 |
611 |
313 |
|
2014 |
1,582 |
725 |
506 |
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
