Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 February 2022
454. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting time to process applications for and award a disability allowance by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5897/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraDisability allowance (DA) is a weekly allowance for people with a disability aged between 16 and 66 with a disability which is expected to last for at least one year and who satisfy the medical condition and the means test and who are habitually resident in Ireland.
There is no delay with processing DA claims at present. The target processing time for DA is to process 75% of new claims within 10 weeks. At the end of December 2021, 94% of applications were completed within the expected timeframe. The average time taken to award a DA claim was 6 weeks.
The requested data on the processing times for DA applications broken down by county is not collated by the Department.
I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
