Michael Collins (Cork South West, Independent)
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669. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will release the 2015 figures for the number of applications made for invalidity pension and domiciliary care allowance and the number of applications refused. [1828/17]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The information referred to by the Deputy in relation to number of applications made for invalidity pension and domiciliary care allowance was published in Section J of the 2015 Annual Statistical Report on my Department’s website and can be accessed at .

With regard to the number of applications refused by my Department during any year, this statistic is not segregated from the overall number of claims cleared (i.e. awarded, withdrawn or rejected) for publishing. I am however informed that during 2015 there were 5,496 invalidity pension claims and 2,012 domiciliary care allowance claims rejected by the scheme areas.