Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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202. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that they have been waiting 16 weeks for a decision. [29258/17]

Finian McGrath (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 23rd February 2017. The application will be examined by a Deciding Officer and the decision notified as soon as possible. Applications are processed in date of receipt order. Due to the large volume of applications currently being received, it can currently take 18 weeks to process an application for DCA.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.