Peter Burke
Ceist:415. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the carer’s benefit allowance to a person (details supplied). [7338/23]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 14 February 2023
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Carer's benefit (CARB) is a payment made to insured people who leave the workforce or reduce their working hours to care for a child or an adult in need of full-time care and attention. Carer’s Benefit is payable for up to a maximum of 104 weeks to a carer in respect of a care recipient.
To qualify, the carer must satisfy PRSI conditions, employment conditions, show that they are providing full-time care and attention and must show that the care recipient requires full-time care and attention.
An application for CARB was received from the person concerned on the 02 March 2021 in respect of their mother.
CARB was disallowed as the person concerned was deemed not to be meeting the threshold of full time care based on the information provided by the carer. A decision letter to this effect was issued on 12 March 2021.
A review request with supplementary information was received on 16 April 2021. Following this review, it was decided to award CARB from 04 February 2021 to 01 February 2023 for the full 104-week entitlement in respect of the care recipient. The award letter issued on 4th May 2021 advised of this and served as the notification of the dates that the claim payment starts and ends.
It is open to the person concerned to apply for Carer’s Allowance if the care recipient is still in need of full time care and attention.
I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.