Written answers

Tuesday, 18 June 2019

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

Carer's Allowance Payments

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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156. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that guards in the Irish Prison Service whose families are in receipt of a carer's allowance have recently had their payments suspended following an instruction by inspectors from his Department that all carer's allowance payments be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25054/19]

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy may be aware, the administration of carer's allowance payments is a matter for the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. This includes decisions about entitlement to this allowance and the level of payments to be made to qualifying individuals. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform does not carry out inspections of carer's allowances payments.

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