Tom Fleming (Kerry South, Independent)
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113. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the number of applications for invalidity pension for the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the number of refusals of same; the number of appeals of same; the results of these appeals for those years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33976/14]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Table 1 shows the number of claims received, awarded and disallowed in the period requested. Unfortunately, it is not possible to identify, of the number awarded, how many were awarded in the first instance and how many were awarded following deciding officer review or appeal.

Table 2 shows the data in respect of appeals received and decided in the same period, as reported by the Social Welfare Appeals Office.

Table 1. Invalidity Pension Claims Processed 2011 to August 2014

INVALIDITY PENSION CLAIMS