Written answers
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Department of Social Protection
Invalidity Pension Application Numbers
Patrick Nulty (Dublin West, Labour)
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179. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will publish in tabular form for the years 2008 - 2012 inclusive, the number of new applications for the invalidly pension that were received; the number of these applications that were refused and of these the number that were granted on appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23332/13]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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A breakdown of invalidity claims awarded and disallowed is not available from December 2010 - 2011. A dual payments system was in operation from December 2010 until all claims were migrated onto a new computer platform in May 2011.
INVALIDITY PENSION CLAIMS
Year | Received | Awarded | Disallowed | Total Decided |
---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | 7757 | 5431 | 2165 | 7596 |
2009 | 7475 | 4580 | 2933 | 7513 |
2010 | 8774 | 3445* | 3411* | 7614 |
2011 | 14621 | 2107# | 4697# | 12829 |
2012 | 11510 | 6352 | 11423 | 17775 |
*Breakdown for period January 2010 - November 2010 inclusive.
#Breakdown for period June 2011 - December 2011 inclusive.
Year | Appeals Allowed | Appeals Partly Allowed | Revised Deciding Officer Decision(*) | Total with Favourable Outcome |
---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | 233 | 1 | 78 | 312 |
2009 | 243 | 1 | 82 | 326 |
2010 | 341 | 6 | 185 | 532 |
2011 | 408 | 6 | 345 | 759 |
2012 | 1,031 | 4 | 474 | 1,509 |
(*) Where a person has received a decision to disallow a payment, it is open to them to ask for a review by a deciding officer. These figures reflect those cases where a disallowed claim was revised on review by a deciding officer prior to determination by an Appeals Officer. Generally these cases arise where a person submits additional information, not already considered, in support of their claim following a decision to disallow.
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