Written answers

Wednesday, 24 March 2021

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Carer's Allowance

Photo of Violet-Anne WynneViolet-Anne Wynne (Clare, Sinn Fein)
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1006. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications and appeals for carer’s allowance made by persons in County Clare; the number of applications refused; the number allowed following an appeal in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15152/21]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The number of Carers Allowance (CA) applications received, allowed and disallowed or withdrawn from 2018 to the end of 2020 are set out in the table below.  The Department does not collate data in county format and so a breakdown of the figures by county is not available.

CA Scheme  

Year CA Received *CA Award CA Disallowed CA Withdrawn
2018 20206 17242 9291 707
2019 19402 16910 8918 580
2020 18774 17495 10495 514

(*)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. 

The following tables show the number of CA appeals received and allowed or partially allowed by the social welfare appeals office (SWAO) from 2018 to the end of 2020.

Year CA Appeals Received CA Appeals allowed by SWAO CA Appeals partially allowed by SWAO
2018 **2902 1047 144
2019 **3006 1230 158
2020 **3630 1079 115

(**)Please note that the statistics in relation to appeals received include both received and re-opened appeal cases less cancelled appeals. 

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

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