Written answers
Tuesday, 12 July 2016
Department of Social Protection
Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times
Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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363. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time in 2016 for a decision in respect of all Social Protection payments in tabular form; the average waiting time for appeal for each of these where there is no oral hearing and where there is an oral hearing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20565/16]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy (where available) is detailed in the following tables.
Social Welfare claims by average processing times 31 May 2016
| Scheme | Average Processing Time (weeks) |
|---|---|
| Jobseeker's Benefit | 1 |
| Jobseeker's Allowance | 2 |
| One-Parent Family Payment | 5 |
| State Pension Contributory (Dom) | 6 |
| Widow’s, Widower's or Surviving Civil Partner’s Contributory Pension | 1 |
| Widowed Parent Grant | 1 |
| Living Alone/Island Allowances | N/a |
| State Pension Non-Contributory | 14 |
| Household Benefits | 2 |
| Free Travel | 2 |
| Domiciliary Care Allowance | 14 |
| Supplementary Welfare Allowance | 1 |
| Child Benefit (Domestic & FRA) | 2 |
| Child Benefit (EU Regulation) | 32 |
| Treatment Benefit | N/a |
| Maternity Benefit | N/a |
| Family Income Supplement (New) | 3 |
| Family Income Supplement (Renew) | N/a |
| Carer's Allowance | 22 |
| Disability Allowance | 10 |
| Invalidity Pension | 12 |
| Illness Benefit | 1 |
| Occupational Injury Benefit | N/a |
Appeal processing times by scheme 01/01/2016 – 31/05/2016
| - | Average processing times (weeks) Summary Decisions | Average processing times (weeks) Oral Hearings |
|---|---|---|
| Blind Pension | 19.7 | 29.9 |
| Carers Allowance | 18.2 | 22.4 |
| Carers Benefit | 17.2 | 23.4 |
| Child Benefit | 22.7 | 55.6 |
| Disability Allowance | 15.2 | 20.5 |
| Illness Benefit | 30.0 | 31.9 |
| Partial Capacity Benefit | 29.0 | 29.4 |
| Domiciliary Care Allowance | 23.5 | 29.0 |
| Deserted Wives Benefit | - | 40.5 |
| Farm Assist | 16.3 | 23.7 |
| Bereavement Grant | 14.7 | - |
| Liable Relatives | 7.9 | - |
| Family Income Supplement | 16.3 | 26.0 |
| Invalidity Pension | 28.4 | 32.1 |
| Maternity Benefit | 17.5 | 28.1 |
| One Parent Family Payment | 21.3 | 25.9 |
| State Pension (Contributory) | 27.8 | 37.5 |
| State Pension (Non-Contributory) | 21.4 | 32.8 |
| State Pension (Transition) | 67.7 | 40.5 |
| Occupational Injury Benefit | 22.4 | 17.1 |
| Disablement Pension | 19.6 | 26.5 |
| Incapacity Supplement | - | 55.6 |
| Guardian's Payment (Con) | 16.9 | 24.9 |
| Guardian's Payment (Non-Con) | 20.2 | 29.2 |
| Jobseeker's Allowance (Means) | 14.1 | 25.6 |
| Jobseeker's Allowance | 14.3 | 19.2 |
| BTW Family Dividend | 21.3 | - |
| Jobseeker's Transitional | 19.6 | 12.7 |
| Recoverable Benefits & Assistance | 33.6 | 41.7 |
| Jobseeker's Benefit | 13.7 | 17.5 |
| Treatment Benefit | 22.2 | - |
| Respite Care Grant | 16.3 | 21.8 |
| Insurability of Employment | 35.2 | 97.1 |
| Supplementary Welfare Allowance | 16.0 | 26.3 |
| Survivor's Pension (Con) | 15.4 | 25.3 |
| Survivor's Pension (Non-con) | 18.9 | 31.5 |
| Widows Parent Grant | 21.4 | - |
| All Appeals | 17.2 | 23.9 |
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