John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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189. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the disability allowance claim in the case of a person (details supplied) will be backdated to the date the person applied for invalidity pension; and why the disability allowance claim which was approved did not commence on the date of application, that is, November 2015. [17903/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I confirm an application for disability allowance was received from the person in question on 2 March 2016 and was awarded from that date. My Department received no request from the applicant at that time to back-date the date of award of the allowance.

In view of the circumstances as outlined, the date of award of DA has now been reviewed and revised back to 25 November 2015.

Arrears of payment due will issue as soon as possible once any necessary adjustment is calculated and applied in respect of any overlapping payments or in respect of outstanding overpayments (if applicable).