Written answers

Tuesday, 5 July 2016

Department of Social Protection

Carer's Allowance Data

Photo of Tommy BroughanTommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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318. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications his Department has received under the carer's allowance scheme in each of the years 2015 to 2016 to date; the number of these it has approved and refused; and the number that are pending. [19727/16]

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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My department received applications for the carer’s allowance scheme as follows:

YearReceivedAllowedDisallowed
201518,92914,3789,808
2016*9,1306,0304,005
* End May 2016

At the end on May 2016 there were 6,398 pending applications.

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