Written answers

Thursday, 29 November 2018

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications

Photo of Maurice QuinlivanMaurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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212. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated time for a payment to be awarded for a domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49851/18]

Photo of Finian McGrathFinian McGrath (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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The Departments has a processing target to finalise 90% of domiciliary care allowance (DCA) applications within 10 weeks. Processing times can be affected at particular times of the year by the volume of applications received, the complexity of individual cases and the availability of resources. While a small number of applications take longer to process than the norm, the overall average time taken to process DCA applications in 2018 has not exceeded 10 weeks.

I hope this clarifies matters for the Deputy.

Photo of Michael Healy-RaeMichael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49870/18]

Photo of Finian McGrathFinian McGrath (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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This domiciliary care allowance application has been finalised. The person concerned was notified in a letter dated 27th November 2018 that domiciliary care allowance has been awarded from 1st April 2018. This includes a back-dating payment for the maximum six months allowable in respect of the months April to September 2018. Payment will commence in December 2018 and arrears due will issue with that payment along with the 2018 Christmas bonus.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

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