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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 772. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of disallowed applications for carer's allowance for 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48558/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: 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 details of the number of disallowed applications for CA for 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Nov 2023)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 773. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the carer's support grant that are not in receipt of the carer's allowance due to the means test requirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48559/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Nov 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Carer's Support Grant (CSG) is an annual payment to carers who look after a person in need of full-time care and attention. The payment is made regardless of the carer's means but is subject to certain conditions. The number of recipients of CSG who previously applied for Carer's Allowance (CA) but did not satisfy the means condition for CA currently stands at 319. I hope this clarifies...