Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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141. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for carer's benefit in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44272/23]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Carer's Benefit 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.

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 Carer's Benefit was received from the person concerned on 7 September 2023.

The person concerned was refused Carer’s Benefit on 22 September 2023 as the evidence submitted in support of this application was examined and the deciding officer decided that, although the person concerned is providing a certain level of care, the time involved was not considered to be full time.

A review request with further information on the care being provided was received on 28 September 2023.

Additional information in relation to the person’s review was requested by a deciding officer on 6 October 2023.

Once the information is received, a Deciding officer will assess all relevant information for review before a decision is made and the person concerned will be notified in writing directly of the outcome.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.