Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a review of a carer's allowance will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42967/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The person concerned is in receipt of CA at a reduced rate of payment and a review of their entitlement by the Department is currently underway to ensure that the correct payment is being made.

The person concerned has a UK social security pension. When a carer is getting a social security payment from another State, an amount up to the maximum rate of the Irish State contributory pension is exempt from the means test. Any income in excess of that is treated as income. For a single person, a disregard of €332.50 per week is then applied while a disregard of €665 per week applies to a couple.

In order to carry out this review, information was requested from the person in question on 5 October 2015 and some additional information was also requested on 11 November 2015. Once the review is complete, the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.