Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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365. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork has an entitlement to carer’s benefit. [43192/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Carer's Benefit (CARB) is a PRSI based payment, made to persons who leave the workforce or reduce their working hours to provide full-time care and attention to a person who has such a disability that they require that level of care. It is payable for a maximum of 104 weeks for each person being cared for.

I am advised by the Department that no application by the person concerned for CARB has been registered. If the person in question wishes to make an application, she should complete and return an application form (CARB1) to the Carers Benefit section in the Social Welfare Centralised Office, Longford, as soon as possible.

It is only upon receipt of the completed CARB1 application form that entitlement to CARB can be examined.

I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.