Written answers
Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Welfare Appeals
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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982. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who, having been refused the carer’s allowance, were successful in their appeals of her Department’s decision to refuse in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [1799/24]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements.
The table below provides the number of Carer's Allowance appeals finalised as well as the number of these appeals that were successful for the years 2014 to 2023. The appeals finalised and favourable outcomes includes appeals where on review the Department subsequently revised their original decision in favour of the applicant.
| Year | Carers Finalised | Favourable Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2,850 | 1,288 |
| 2022 | 3,388 | 1,391 |
| 2021 | 3,267 | 1,500 |
| 2020 | 3,828 | 1,808 |
| 2019 | 3,621 | 1,991 |
| 2018 | 2,741 | 1,631 |
| 2017 | 3,434 | 2,145 |
| 2016 | 3,646 | 2,335 |
| 2015 | 3,510 | 2,086 |
| 2014 | 3,403 | 1,880 |
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
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