Brian Stanley (Laois, Sinn Fein)
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308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme which has been with a social welfare inspector since 9 April 2016. [23400/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I confirm that my department received an application for carer's allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 19 January 2016.

The matter was referred to a local social welfare investigative officer (SWI) on 9 April 2016 to assess the level of care being provided, assess means and confirm that all the conditions for receipt of CA are satisfied.

The SWI has initiated inquiries and is now awaiting further information from the person in question.

Once the SWI has completed investigation and reported, a decision will be made and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

In the meantime, the person concerned is in receipt of supplementary welfare allowance from her local community welfare service.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.