Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection if half rate carer's allowance will be backdated to December 2011 in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41324/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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An application for Carer’s Allowance was received from the person in question on the 31st May 2012. Arrears payments for Carer’s Allowance are backdated to the date the application was received. All arrears due to this person have issued dating back to the date the Carer’s Allowance application was received.

The person in question made an application for the One Parent Family scheme in December 2011 so therefore she was due arrears dating back to December for that particular scheme.