Written answers

Tuesday, 24 October 2023

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Social Welfare Payments

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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382. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of carer’s allowance whose payment has been reviewed in recent times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46737/23]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Carer's Allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment made to a person who is habitually resident in the State and who is providing full-time care and attention to a child or an adult who has such a disability that, as a result, they require that level of care.

The table below contains the number of recipients of CA whose payment has been reviewed in the last five years.

Totals below include Means Reviews, Medical Reviews, Control Reviews and any case where CA eligibility was reviewed.

Carer’s Allowance – Reviews of payment
to date 2023 12,860
2022 12,277
2021 11,346
2020 11,015
2019 9,397
2018 7,036

I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.

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