Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 February 2017
129. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of applicants in 2016 for carer's allowance, disability allowance, domiciliary care allowance, invalidity pensions and illness benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6422/17]
Amharc ar fhreagra130. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of applications refused in 2016 for carer's allowance, disability allowance, domiciliary care allowance, invalidity pensions and illness benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6423/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 129 and 130 together.
The table shows the number of applications received and the number of applications disallowed for carer's allowance (CA), disability allowance (DA), domiciliary care allowance (DCA), invalidity pensions (INVP) and illness benefit (IB) in 2016. The grounds for disallowing an application for one of these schemes include a failure to satisfy the statutory conditions regarding means, medical criteria, level of care provided or social insurance contributions (this latter only in the case of invalidity pension).
|
SCHEME |
RECEIVED |
DISALLOWED |
|
CA |
22,722 |
12,573 |
|
DA |
23,804 |
12,027 |
|
DCA |
7,434 |
1,683 |
|
IB |
209,685 |
46,118 |
|
INVP |
9,134 |
3,909 |
