Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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881. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility for a disability allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30778/18]

Finian McGrath (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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Disability Allowance is a weekly allowance paid to people with a specified disability who are aged over 16 and under 66. The disability must be expected to last for at least one year and the allowance is subject to a medical assessment, a means test and a habitual residency test.

A person must submit a completed application form for disability allowance to the Department in order to have their eligibility assessed and a formal decision made on their entitlement. To date no application for disability allowance has been received from the person concerned.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.