John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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456. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if full carer's allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24173/23]

Heather 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 being claimed as a qualified adult on their spouse/partner's payment, a half-rate CA can be paid also as long as all the normal conditions for receipt of CA are satisfied.

The person concerned was in receipt of One Parent Family Payment (OPF) up to 2 March 2023 and, as a result, CA was paid to them at half-rate.

Following the cessation of the OPF payment, it has been decided that the person concerned is entitled to full rate CA from 9 March 2023. The weekly rate of payment has now been updated and arrears due for the period 9 March-17 May will issue to the person concerned this week.

The person concerned was notified on 16 May 2023 of this outcome and of their right of review and appeal.

I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.