Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when he will award a carer's allowance to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11100/16]

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 who satisfies a means test.

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 the Department may determine their entitlement to CA. If the person in question has already 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.