Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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487. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for the disability allowance will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49548/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Disability allowance (DA) is a weekly allowance paid to people with a specified disability who are aged over 16 and under 66. The disability must be expected to last for at least one year and the allowance is subject to a medical assessment, a means test and a habitual residency test.

A completed application form for DA must be submitted to the Department in order to have eligibility checked and a formal decision made on entitlement. To date no application for disability allowance has been received. An application form has been posted to the person concerned.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.