Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) is a monthly payment payable to a parent/guardian in respect of a child aged under 16 with a disability so severe that the child requires ongoing (continual or continuous) care and attention substantially over and above that usually required by a child of the same age. The child must be likely to require this extra level of care and attention for at least 12 consecutive months. Eligibility is established primarily on the additional care and attention required by the child rather than the child's disability.
An application for DCA was received from the person concerned in respect of their child on 23rd May 2022. Their application was disallowed on 20th July 2022, as the child was not considered to satisfy the qualifying conditions for DCA.
A request for a review of the above decision was received on behalf of the person concerned, on 17th August 2022.
The new information that has been provided on their behalf, has been associated with the DCA application of the person concerned and will be available for reconsideration by a deciding officer in the review process. The person concerned may also forward any other further relevant documentary or medical evidence that was not previously available to the Department for consideration. Once a full review of their DCA application has been completed, the person concerned will be notified of the outcome in writing.
DCA reviews are currently taking 6-8 weeks to process from date of receipt.
I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.
