Written answers

Tuesday, 27 September 2022

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Social Welfare Benefits

Photo of Paul KehoePaul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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329. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of a carer’s allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47090/22]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Carer's allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment made to a person who is habitually resident in the State and who is providing full-time care and attention to a child or an adult who has such a disability that, as a result, they require that level of care.

If a person is in receipt of another Social Welfare payment in their own right (other than unemployment payments or supplementary welfare allowance) or is deemed to be a qualified adult on their spouse / partner's payment, CA can also be paid at half-rate as long as all the normal conditions for receipt of CA are satisfied.

The person concerned has been in receipt of half-rate CA since 5 August 2015 as they were also in receipt of another social welfare payment in their own right to October 2019 and they were a qualified adult on their spouse / partner's payment from October 2019 to May 2022.

Following a request to review the rate of CA, it has been decided that the person concerned is entitled to full rate CA from 2 June 2022 as they are no longer a qualified adult on their spouse / partner's social welfare payment.

The first CA payment at full rate will issue to their nominated bank account on 29 September 2022.

Arrears due from 2 June 2022 to 28 September 2022 will issue in due course.

The person concerned was notified on 22 September 2022 of this review decision and of their right of review and appeal.

I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.

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