Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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326. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for carer's benefit for a person (details supplied), in view of the fact that all documentation required has been submitted. [5970/17]

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 5 August 2016.

The application was referred to a local social welfare inspector (SWI) to assess the level of care being provided, assess means and confirm that all the conditions for receipt of carer’s allowance are satisfied. The SWI attempted to arrange a meeting with the person concerned some time ago but she was not available to attend this meeting.

The SWI will arrange another meeting shortly. Once the SWI has completed their report, a decision will be made as quickly as possible and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.