Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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959. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1424/24]

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.

The Department has not received a CR1 application form from the person concerned.

A CR1 application form has been forwarded by post to the address of the person concerned, along with a return envelope for their convenience.

The person concerned will need to complete all the relevant sections and return to the address below at their earliest convenience:

Carer's Allowance, SWSO, Ballinalee Road, Longford.

A checklist is also included in the form which should be used to review the application before submitting same.

Further scheme conditions and as well as the CR1 application form itself can be found on www.gov.ie/dsp or through a local Intreo Office or Citizens Information centre.

I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.