John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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446. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status and purpose of a review (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme. [9474/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Carer's Allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment, made to a person who is providing full-time care and attention to a person who has a disability such that they require that level of care.

The Department periodically reviews claims in payment to ensure that there is continued entitlement.

CA is in payment to the person concerned since 15 June 1999 and a review was recently carried out. As part of that review the matter was referred to a local social welfare inspector (SWI) to assess the level of care being provided, assess means and confirm that all the conditions for receipt of carer’s allowance continue to be satisfied.

The outcome of this review is that there has been no change in circumstances that would warrant a change to the original decision. The person concerned was notified of these details on 28 April 2016.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.