Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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127. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can apply for carer’s benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56331/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Carer's benefit (CARB) is a payment made to insured people who leave the workforce or reduce their working hours to care for a child or an adult in need of full-time care and attention. An increased payment can be made where full-time care is being provided to two people. It is payable for a maximum of 104 weeks for each person being cared for.

To qualify the carer must satisfy PRSI conditions, employment conditions, show that they are providing full-time care and attention and must show that the care recipient requires full-time care and attention.

An application for CARB was received from the person concerned on the 3 September 2019 to care for both of her parents.

CARB was awarded in respect of both her mother and father from 7 Nov 2019. We received notification that her mother passed away in Feb 2021, the six weeks after death payment issued to the person concerned and the payment for her late mother was stopped.

CARB payment in respect of her father continues to be paid, it is due to end on 9 March 2022 when the maximum 104 weeks will have been paid.

The person concerned was notified on 29 Jun 2021 that if her father still requires full time care after 9 March 2022, it is open for her to apply for Carer's Allowance.

I hope this clarifies the matter.