Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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166. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when refusal of domiciliary care allowance will be reconsidered in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2152/14]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The age limit for receipt of domiciliary care allowance (DCA) is 16 years. As the child concerned reached the age of 16 years in July 2013, DCA is no longer payable after that date. A letter issued in March 2013 advising that payment of the allowance was due to end in July 2013 and that the child could apply for disability allowance in his own right.