John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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559. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to approve an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme as a matter of urgency. [10494/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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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 department informs me that to date, no application by the person concerned for CA has been received.

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 their entitlement to CA can be determined. If the person concerned has already submitted an application in the past few days, there is no need to resubmit a new application and the Department will be in touch with them in relation to the application in due course. I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.