Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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154. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in the assessment of carer's allowance, if a circumstance (details supplied) applies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11098/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Carer's Allowance (CA) is a payment to people on low incomes who are looking after a person who needs support because of age, disability or illness (including mental illness). To be entitled to CA the applicant must be providing full-time care and attention to a person in need of care who does not normally live in an institution.

A person cannot qualify for carer's allowance in respect of any week s/he is engaged in employment, self-employment, training or educational courses outside the home for more than 15 hours a week.