Eamon Scanlon (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I received a response from the office of the Minister, Deputy Regina Doherty, on delays in carer's allowance appeals. The letter states that in 2018 it was 9.6 weeks and in 2019 it is 9.1 weeks. I made an appeal on behalf of a constituent on 12 March, 14 weeks ago. I rang the appeals office this morning and discovered it had not even received the file yet. When I asked how long it would take to process after it got the file and I was told it could be up to three months. That is 26 weeks or six months.

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