Written answers
Thursday, 10 May 2018
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Welfare Payments Administration
Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the processing time for applications for each social welfare payment in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20755/18]
Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The information requested (where available) by the Deputy is detailed in the following tabular statement.
Tabular statement
Average time to Award for principal DEASP schemes, March 2018
| Schemes | Average time to award (weeks) |
|---|---|
| Jobseeker's Benefit | 1 |
| Jobseeker's Allowance | 2 |
| One-Parent Family Payment | 5 |
| State Pension Contributory | 4 |
| Widow, Widower’s and Surviving Civil Partners Contributory Pension | 4 |
| Widowed Parent Grant | 1 |
| State Pension Non-Contributory | 11 |
| Household Benefits | 1 |
| Free Travel | 1 |
| Domiciliary Care Allowance | 9 |
| Supplementary Welfare Allowance | 1 |
| Child Benefit | 3 |
| Working Family Payment | 2 |
| Carer's Allowance | 19 |
| Carer's Benefit | 10 |
| Disability Allowance | 14 |
| Invalidity Pension | 6 |
| Illness Benefit | 1 |
| Occupational Injury Benefit | 1 |
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