Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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452. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of a disability allowance application in the case of a person (details supplied) who applied for same in April; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22601/23]

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 16 or over and under the age of 66. This disability must be expected to last for at least one year and the allowance is subject to a medical assessment, means test and Habitual Residency conditions

I confirm that my Department received an application for DA from the person concerned on 17April 2023. The processing time for individual DA claims may vary in accordance with their relative complexity in terms of the three main qualifying criteria, the person’s circumstances and the information they provide in support of their claim.

As their initial application did not contain all the information required for a decision, a letter was sent to the person concerned on 5 May 2023 requesting this supporting documentation. The information request allows the person concerned 21 days to provide the required information in order to determine the eligibility for DA.

On receipt of this information, a decision will be made and the person will be notified of the outcome.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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453. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of a supplementary welfare allowance application in the case of a person (details supplied) who applied for same and a disability allowance in April; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22603/23]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Departmental records reflect the person concerned has not made a recent application for a Supplementary Welfare Allowance (SWA). It is open to the person to apply by completing a SWA1 form and providing all relevant documents in support of their application.

For convenience, a SWA application pack was posted to the person concerned on 09/05/2023. On receipt of a completed application form and supporting documentation, the claim will be assessed, and the person will be advised of the outcome in writing.

I trust this clarifies the matter.