Written answers
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
Department of Social Protection
Domiciliary Care Allowance
8:00 pm
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 373: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of applications for domiciliary care allowance received on a monthly basis over the past two years; the numbers granted and or refused in the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28349/12]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The number of domiciliary care allowance applications received on a monthly basis in 2010 and 2011 is set out in table 1 below.
Table 1 - Domiciliary Care Allowance received per month in 2010 and 2011
Jan | Feb | Mar | April | May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
2010 | 310 | 424 | 402 | 494 | 484 | 500 | 561 | 439 | 456 | 603 | 491 | 293 |
2011 | 337 | 467 | 471 | 570 | 512 | 539 | 560 | 342 | 524 | 427 | 400 | 376 |
The number of applicants for DCA that were received, awarded and refused in 2010 and 2011 is set out in table 2 below. The statistics requested are not recorded on a monthly basis.
Table 2 - Domiciliary Care Allowance applications – 2010 and 2011
Applications received | Applications fully processed in year | Applications allowed incl. on review* | Applications disallowed | |
2010 | 5,457 | 5,333 | 2,576 | 2,757 |
2011 | 5,525 | 5,396 | 2,502 | 2,894 |
(* Includes cases initially disallowed but allowed on review following receipt of additional information).
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