Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
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907. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for a delay of up to 11 weeks for applications to be processed relating to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30941/18]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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Carer's benefit (CARB) is a payment made to insured people who leave the workforce to care for a person(s) in need of full-time care and attention.

At the end of May processing times were on average 9 weeks from date of receipt.

Processing times vary across schemes, depending on the differing qualification criteria. Schemes that require a high level of documentary evidence from the customer, particularly in the case of disability and caring schemes, can take longer to process.

I confirm that my department received an application for CARB from the person concerned on the 5 June 2018.

The application is currently being processed and once completed, the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.