Written answers
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Department of Social Protection
Social Welfare Benefits
9:00 pm
Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 315: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of first-time applications for domiciliary care allowance that were approved in each of the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. [7790/12]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Department has been accepting new claims for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) since 1st April 2009. Statistics relating to the allowance for the period prior to April 2009 are a matter for the HSE, the previous administrators of the scheme.
The number of applicants for DCA allowed on initial application by the deciding officer in each of the last 3 years is as follows:
. Domiciliary Care Allowance applications – 2009 to 2011
Applications received | Applications processed in year | Applications allowed* | Applications disallowed | |
2009 (from 1st April) | 3,389 | 2,823 | 1,220 (43%) | 1,603 |
2010 | 5,457 | 5,333 | 2,576 (48%) | 2,757 |
2011 | 5,525 | 5,396 | 2,502 (46%) | 2,894 |
* Includes cases initially disallowed but allowed on review by the deciding officer following receipt of additional information from the applicant.
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