Written answers
Wednesday, 20 January 2021
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Invalidity Pension
Sorca 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]
Heather 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The table below shows the number of invalidity pension claims received, approved, refused and withdrawn for the period requested.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 |
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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Claims withdrawn | 1,350 |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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