Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if domiciliary care allowance or carer's allowance is payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [37585/08]

John Moloney (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Carer's Allowance is administered by the Department of Social and Family Affairs. Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) is a monthly allowance administered by the Health Service Executive (HSE). Eligible children who are living at home and who have a severe disability requiring continual or continuous care and attention which is substantially in excess of that normally required by a child of the same age may qualify for DCA. The condition must be likely to last for at least one year.

Eligibility is determined primarily by reference to the degree of additional care and attention required by the child rather than to the type of disability involved, subject to the means test. While no condition is debarred, conditions such as Asthma, Diabetes or Epilepsy are not normally considered unless there is a very high degree of additional care and attention required. The parent concerned can make enquiries and apply for the allowance at their local HSE office Poplar House, Poplar Square, Naas, County Kildare.