Written answers

Wednesday, 20 January 2021

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Invalidity Pension

Photo of Sorca ClarkeSorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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356. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of invalidity pension applications received by her Department in 2020; the number of applications that were approved; the number of applications refused; and the number of applications still ongoing. [2929/21]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The table below shows the number of invalidity pension claims received, approved, refused and withdrawn for the period requested.

Year 2020
No of applications received 9,991
Claims awarded* 8,332
Claims disallowed 5,270
Claims withdrawn 1,350
Claims pending 1,312

*Please note that the statistics in relation to awarded cases include cases in the disallowed category which were subsequently awarded following a review or a successful appeal.

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