Domiciliary Care Allowance

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 June 2012

Tuesday, 12 June 2012

Ceisteanna (278)

Bernard J. Durkan

Ceist:

373 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of applications for domiciliary care allowance received on a monthly basis over the past two years; the numbers granted and or refused in the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28349/12]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Social Protection (Deputy Joan Burton)

The number of domiciliary care allowance applications received on a monthly basis in 2010 and 2011 is set out in table 1 below:

Table 1 — Domiciliary Care Allowance received per month in 2010 and 2011

	Jan	Feb	Mar	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
2010	310	424	402	494	484	500	561	439	456	603	491	293
2011	337	467	471	570	512	539	560	342	524	427	400	376

The number of applicants for DCA that were received, awarded and refused in 2010 and 2011 is set out in table 2 below. The statistics requested are not recorded on a monthly basis.

Table 2 — Domiciliary Care Allowance applications — 2010 and 2011

Year	Applications received	Applications fully processed in year	Applications allowed incl. on review*	Applications disallowed
2010	5,457	5,333	2,576	2,757
2011	5,525	5,396	2,502	2,894

(*Includes cases initially disallowed but allowed on review following receipt of additional information).