Written answers
Wednesday, 31 May 2017
Department of Social Protection
Social Welfare Benefits Data
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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175. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications received for contributory old age pension, jobseeker's allowance, non-contributory old age pension, disability allowance, invalidity pension and carer's allowance, respectively, by month in each of the years 2015 to 2016, and to date in 2017; the number of cases granted, refused, granted on appeal and refused on appeal, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26245/17]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the following tables:
Carer’s Allowance 2015
Month | Registered | Awarded | Rejected | Revised Deciding Officer Decision | Appeal Allowed | Appeal Partially Allowed | Appeal Disallowed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 1,309 | 1,267 | 686 | 66 | 105 | 7 | 104 |
February | 1,579 | 1,383 | 756 | 79 | 102 | 19 | 141 |
March | 1,722 | 1,342 | 725 | 57 | 96 | 13 | 61 |
April | 1,529 | 1,226 | 654 | 67 | 129 | 10 | 105 |
May | 1,664 | 1,241 | 585 | 56 | 103 | 8 | 139 |
June | 1,694 | 1,139 | 623 | 44 | 127 | 13 | 132 |
July | 1,625 | 1,305 | 746 | 17 | 84 | 8 | 97 |
August | 1,348 | 944 | 495 | 57 | 124 | 16 | 119 |
September | 1,649 | 1,238 | 665 | 33 | 108 | 18 | 143 |
October | 1,649 | 1,265 | 742 | 2 | 117 | 15 | 114 |
November | 1,761 | 1,267 | 754 | 101 | 138 | 14 | 113 |
December | 1,400 | 761 | 489 | - | 119 | 14 | 87 |
Carer’s Allowance 2016
Month | Registered | Awarded | Rejected | Revised Deciding Officer Decision | Appeal Allowed | Appeal Partially Allowed | Appeal Disallowed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 1,391 | 1,023 | 625 | 111 | 100 | 16 | 118 |
February | 1,975 | 1,325 | 653 | 2 | 102 | 11 | 136 |
March | 1,831 | 1,087 | 610 | 59 | 89 | 13 | 116 |
April | 1,856 | 1,190 | 631 | 38 | 88 | 10 | 81 |
May | 2,077 | 1,405 | 714 | 68 | 125 | 7 | 97 |
June | 1,940 | 1,608 | 864 | 56 | 108 | 17 | 93 |
July | 1,928 | 2,137 | 1,294 | 39 | 132 | 11 | 74 |
August | 1,864 | 1,934 | 1,290 | 30 | 103 | 12 | 92 |
September | 2,036 | 2,366 | 1,411 | 28 | 101 | 15 | 117 |
October | 2,137 | 1,848 | 1,217 | 73 | 135 | 8 | 112 |
November | 1,976 | 2,107 | 1,187 | 63 | 141 | 7 | 91 |
December | 1,711 | 1,278 | 648 | 248 | 151 | 18 | 110 |
Carer’s Allowance 2017
Month | Registered | Awarded | Rejected | Revised Deciding Officer Decision | Appeal Allowed | Appeal Partially Allowed | Appeal Disallowed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 1,651 | 1,679 | 964 | 78 | 111 | 14 | 109 |
February | 2,163 | 1,594 | 664 | 70 | 128 | 11 | 113 |
March | 2,427 | 1,618 | 743 | 64 | 127 | 10 | 95 |
April | 2,048 | 1,206 | 537 | 91 | 85 | 10 | 64 |
Disability Allowance 2015
Month | Registered | Awarded | Rejected | Revised Deciding Officer Decision | Appeal Allowed | Appeal Partially Allowed | Appeal Disallowed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 1,594 | 1,181 | 1,848 | 108 | 313 | 12 | 132 |
February | 1,913 | 1,476 | 1,587 | 110 | 318 | 7 | 196 |
March | 1,745 | 1,455 | 1,490 | 132 | 212 | 1 | 148 |
April | 1,663 | 1,301 | 1,194 | 147 | 274 | 5 | 142 |
May | 2,277 | 1,361 | 951 | 133 | 272 | 4 | 139 |
June | 1,872 | 1,089 | 1,155 | 77 | 287 | 10 | 154 |
July | 2,312 | 1,291 | 1,267 | 200 | 229 | 9 | 88 |
August | 1,590 | 1,198 | 1,125 | 138 | 286 | 9 | 131 |
September | 2,246 | 1,378 | 1,345 | 59 | 368 | 7 | 168 |
October | 1,737 | 1,464 | 1,054 | 104 | 262 | 9 | 127 |
November | 1,976 | 1,429 | 1,317 | 149 | 281 | 7 | 174 |
December | 1,613 | 1,191 | 467 | 86 | 282 | 5 | 152 |
Disability Allowance 2016
Month | Registered | Awarded | Rejected | Revised Deciding Officer Decision | Appeal Allowed | Appeal Partially Allowed | Appeal Disallowed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 1,634 | 1,146 | 1,468 | 91 | 203 | 13 | 107 |
February | 1,936 | 1,053 | 1,265 | 98 | 287 | 7 | 158 |
March | 2,155 | 1,165 | 861 | 74 | 221 | 5 | 138 |
April | 1,986 | 1,458 | 696 | 63 | 293 | 8 | 131 |
May | 1,941 | 1,349 | 909 | 93 | 288 | 8 | 121 |
June | 2,203 | 1,490 | 941 | 31 | 201 | 5 | 94 |
July | 1,837 | 1,546 | 1,150 | 30 | 234 | 5 | 101 |
August | 2,126 | 1,475 | 938 | 169 | 163 | 10 | 80 |
September | 1,973 | 1,843 | 876 | 48 | 237 | 7 | 106 |
October | 2,155 | 1,632 | 962 | 51 | 260 | 6 | 124 |
November | 2,471 | 1,483 | 1,436 | 36 | 198 | 6 | 95 |
December | 1,387 | 1,029 | 525 | 31 | 245 | 8 | 112 |
Disability Allowance 2017
Month | Registered | Awarded | Rejected | Revised Deciding Officer Decision | Appeal Allowed | Appeal Partially Allowed | Appeal Disallowed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 1,577 | 1,385 | 1,318 | 36 | 137 | 7 | 100 |
February | 2,179 | 1,469 | 885 | 31 | 155 | 13 | 105 |
March | 2,507 | 1,552 | 1,198 | 61 | 165 | 3 | 88 |
April | 1,840 | 1,065 | 956 | 61 | 159 | 3 | 75 |
Invalidity Pension 2015
Month | Registered | Awarded | Rejected | Revised Deciding Officer Decision | Appeal Allowed | Appeal Partially Allowed | Appeal Disallowed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 819 | 660 | 516 | 51 | 80 | 2 | 32 |
February | 727 | 625 | 452 | 43 | 80 | - | 27 |
March | 726 | 619 | 471 | 52 | 102 | 2 | 44 |
April | 607 | 547 | 457 | 55 | 109 | 1 | 44 |
May | 915 | 765 | 491 | 47 | 162 | - | 44 |
June | 900 | 805 | 425 | 23 | 141 | 2 | 52 |
July | 988 | 830 | 413 | 27 | 72 | 1 | 36 |
August | 786 | 541 | 308 | 49 | 107 | - | 31 |
September | 763 | 619 | 278 | 35 | 70 | 3 | 27 |
October | 828 | 629 | 410 | 1 | 70 | 3 | 22 |
November | 792 | 593 | 497 | 126 | 82 | 3 | 35 |
December | 603 | 458 | 352 | 2 | 60 | - | 27 |
Invalidity Pension 2016
Month | Registered | Awarded | Rejected | Revised Deciding Officer Decision | Appeal Allowed | Appeal Partially Allowed | Appeal Disallowed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 776 | 562 | 343 | 94 | 83 | - | 35 |
February | 792 | 603 | 291 | 1 | 70 | 2 | 19 |
March | 791 | 581 | 384 | 110 | 74 | - | 30 |
April | 734 | 644 | 248 | 67 | 62 | 1 | 27 |
May | 710 | 658 | 324 | 87 | 87 | - | 52 |
June | 723 | 666 | 312 | 26 | 55 | 3 | 5 |
July | 659 | 599 | 348 | 31 | 64 | - | 39 |
August | 710 | 479 | 261 | 47 | 25 | - | 15 |
September | 940 | 710 | 479 | 14 | 43 | - | 22 |
October | 822 | 729 | 398 | 74 | 35 | 2 | 18 |
November | 927 | 672 | 304 | 65 | 46 | - | 24 |
December | 550 | 564 | 217 | 26 | 38 | 2 | 16 |
Invalidity Pension 2017
Month | Registered | Awarded | Rejected | Revised Deciding Officer Decision | Appeal Allowed | Appeal Partially Allowed | Appeal Disallowed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 860 | 820 | 488 | 64 | 35 | - | 27 |
February | 1,007 | 798 | 336 | 52 | 45 | 2 | 23 |
March | 849 | 817 | 375 | 59 | 24 | - | 28 |
April | 762 | 723 | 338 | 63 | 25 | 1 | 17 |
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