Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork under the carer's allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1493/16]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Carer's Allowance (CA) is a social assistance payment made to persons who are providing full-time care and attention to a relevant person/persons and whose income falls below certain limits.

The person concerned applied for CA on 12 September 2012 and the application was disallowed on 13 April 2013 on the grounds that the person being cared for did not require full-time care and attention.

To date, no re-application has been received from the person concerned.

Accordingly, I have arranged for an application form (CR1) to issue, which the person concerned should complete and return as soon as possible, in order that the Department may determine their entitlement to CA. If the person in question has submitted an application in the past few days, there is no need to re-submit a new application and the Department will be in touch in relation to the application in due course