Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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1012. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications from counties Longford and Westmeath for the domiciliary care allowance in 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; the number of applications that were refused in the same period; and the number later granted on appeal for the same period. [8163/20]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The data requested in respect of domiciliary care allowance (DCA) is not routinely collated on an individual county basis and as a result is not available.

National data, for 2019, the last full year for which data on DCA is available, is shown below. Details of the applications processed in 2019, together with the outcomes, both at initial decision stage and subsequently on appeal are listed below .

DCA applications processed and outcomes 2019.

Appeals processed 2019.

The appeals finalised in any particular year do not generally correspond to applications refused in the same year, therefore it is not possible to provide an exact percentage of applications refused and subsequently appealed. For example, appeals processed in the first half of a calendar year can typically refer to refusals from the previous calendar year or even earlier as acceptance of late appeals is at the discretion of the Chief Appeals Officer.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.