Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 9 December 2021
Public Accounts Committee
2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 37 - Social Protection
Chapter 9 - Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
Chapter 10 - Management of Social Welfare Appeals
Chapter 11 - Controls Over the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
9:30 am
Ms Joan Gordon:
I thank the Deputy. Some 55% of all appeals received relate to illness, caring and the disability schemes. In terms of receipts, I think the Deputy is interested in disability allowance and domiciliary care allowance. To date in 2021, we have received 4,597 disability allowance appeals. The equivalent for 2020 was 6,661.