Patricia Ryan (Kildare South, Sinn Fein)
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938. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for a disability pension in 2019; the number of refusals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33820/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is reported annually in my Department's Statistical Information on Social Welfare Services report which is published on .

In 2019, my Department received a total of 10,336 applications in respect of Invalidity Pension, of which 4,732 were rejected.