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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 June 2023

Tuesday, 13 June 2023

Questions (811)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

811. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of domiciliary care allowance applications; the number of refusals on first application; the number of appeals; the number of requests for review; the number of successful and unsuccessful appeals and reviews respectively, for each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27617/23]

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Domiciliary Care Allowance is a monthly payment for a child with a severe disability. The payment is not based on the type of disability. It is based on the impact of the disability.

The number of claims registered and claims rejected for Domiciliary Care Allowance in each of the last ten years are shown in Table 1 below. The number of appeals for Domiciliary Care Allowance in each of the last ten years are shown in Table 2 below. My Department does not hold statistics on the number of requests for review.

Table 1: Domiciliary Care Allowance claims registered and rejected, by year

Year

Claims Registered

Claims Rejected

2013

4,464

2,442

2014

5,743

2,024

2015

6,422

2,102

2016

7,434

1,683

2017

8,197

2,187

2018

8,609

2,225

2019

8,719

2,875

2020

7,289

2,639

2021

9,098

2,483

2022

10,524

3,948

Table 2: Domiciliary Care Allowance appeals, by year

Year

Total Appeal Receipts

Total Appeals Finalised

Revised Deciding Officers Decisions

Appeals Allowed by Appeals Officers

Appeals Partly Allowed by Appeals Officers

Appeals Disallowed by Appeals Officers

Withdrawn

2013

1,688

2,065

533

783

25

694

30

2014

1,301

1,575

506

701

24

334

10

2015

1,258

1,158

313

571

40

226

8

2016

1,198

1,344

469

596

18

250

11

2017

1,199

801

343

297

10

135

16

2018

1,432

1,572

590

686

13

258

25

2019

1,656

1,685

517

811

10

321

31

2020

1,690

1,936

477

912

51

488

8

2021

1,558

1,385

484

533

25

338

5

2022

2,084

2,010

712

698

48

535

17

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