Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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561. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the timeline for processing applications under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10530/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) is a monthly payment to the parent/guardian of a child with a disability so severe that the child requires care and attention and/or supervision substantially in excess of another child of the same age. This care and attention must be provided to allow the child to deal with the activities of daily living, and s/he must be likely to require this level of care and attention for at least 12 months.

Currently, the average processing time for DCA applications, covering the time from receipt of the application to the date of the decision, is 12 weeks.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.