Written answers
Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Welfare Benefits
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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981. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who were refused the disability allowance, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [1798/24]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The number of claims rejected for Disability Allowance in each of the last ten years are provided in Table 1 below.
Table 1: The number of Disability Allowance claims rejected, by year
| Year | Claims Rejected |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 16,653 |
| 2022 | 14,593 |
| 2021 | 13,989 |
| 2020 | 13,559 |
| 2019 | 13,981 |
| 2018 | 12,682 |
| 2017 | 12,022 |
| 2016 | 12,027 |
| 2015 | 14,800 |
| 2014 | 12,621 |
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