Written answers
Tuesday, 25 January 2011
Department of Social Protection
Social Welfare Benefits
8:00 pm
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 361: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of applications for disability allowance received in each of the past five years to date in 2011; the total approved and the total rejected in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3806/11]
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The requested statistics for disability allowance claims are set out in the table.
Year | No. of Applications Received | No. of Applications Approved | No. of Applications Disallowed |
2006 | 17,581 | 11,099 | 6,810 |
2007 | 19,989 | 11,684 | 6,539 |
2008 | 21,358 | 13,176 | 8,046 |
2009 | 20,794 | 10,179 | 9,677 |
2010 | 21,409 | 8,306 | 10,316 |
2011 (To 14/01/11) | 604 | 350 | 561 |
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