Written answers
Tuesday, 14 May 2024
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Departmental Data
Violet-Anne Wynne (Clare, Independent)
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409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how many carer’s benefit cases will be administered in 2024, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21373/24]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Carer's Benefit (CARB) is a payment made to insured people who leave the workforce or reduce their working hours to care for a child or an adult in need of full-time care and attention. The payment is available to any resident within the European Union or UK who meets the qualifying conditions.
To qualify, the Carer must satisfy PRSI conditions, employment conditions, show that they are providing full-time care and attention and must show that the care recipient requires full-time care and attention.
The current processing times for CARB claims currently stand at 5 weeks.
The numbers of CARB claims received, awarded and disallowed by county up to 30th April 2024 are provided in the table below.
| County | Applications Received | Applications Awarded | Applications Disallowed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 31 | 19 | 7 |
| Cavan | 36 | 25 | 8 |
| Clare | 42 | 38 | 10 |
| Cork | 137 | 161 | 47 |
| Donegal | 55 | 57 | 16 |
| Dublin | 234 | 267 | 89 |
| Galway | 81 | 89 | 39 |
| Kerry | 62 | 62 | 19 |
| Kildare | 71 | 71 | 22 |
| Kilkenny | 49 | 31 | 11 |
| Laois | 33 | 34 | 15 |
| Leitrim | 25 | 12 | 5 |
| Limerick | 71 | 61 | 18 |
| Longford | 21 | 13 | 6 |
| Louth | 47 | 43 | 13 |
| Mayo | 54 | 58 | 17 |
| Meath | 59 | 49 | 20 |
| Monaghan | 35 | 22 | 9 |
| Offaly | 39 | 27 | 11 |
| Roscommon | 37 | 33 | 13 |
| Sligo | 41 | 24 | 8 |
| Tipperary | 55 | 52 | 17 |
| Waterford | 40 | 42 | 12 |
| Westmeath | 37 | 31 | 10 |
| Wexford | 48 | 42 | 17 |
| Wicklow | 43 | 27 | 16 |
| Outside the State | 55 | 38 | 18 |
| Total | 1,538 | 1,428 | 493 |
Some of the applications awarded or disallowed to date in 2024 includes some applications received in late 2023.
I hope this information is of assistance to the Deputy.
Violet-Anne Wynne (Clare, Independent)
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410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how many carer’s benefit cases will be administered in 2023, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21374/24]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Carer's Benefit (CARB) is a payment made to insured people who leave the workforce or reduce their working hours to care for a child or an adult in need of full-time care and attention. The payment is available to any resident within the European Union or UK who meets the qualifying conditions.
To qualify, the Carer must satisfy PRSI conditions, employment conditions, show that they are providing full-time care and attention and must show that the care recipient requires full-time care and attention.
The average processing times for CARB claims in 2023 was 4 weeks.
The numbers of CARB claims received, awarded and disallowed by county in 2023 are provided in the table below.
| County | Applications Received | Applications Awarded | Applications Disallowed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 61 | 66 | 18 |
| Cavan | 78 | 75 | 21 |
| Clare | 115 | 112 | 27 |
| Cork | 518 | 523 | 163 |
| Donegal | 174 | 167 | 45 |
| Dublin | 793 | 825 | 235 |
| Galway | 311 | 322 | 87 |
| Kerry | 187 | 179 | 48 |
| Kildare | 207 | 216 | 59 |
| Kilkenny | 96 | 87 | 31 |
| Laois | 98 | 99 | 37 |
| Leitrim | 45 | 37 | 14 |
| Limerick | 197 | 178 | 51 |
| Longford | 46 | 39 | 16 |
| Louth | 145 | 137 | 38 |
| Mayo | 182 | 172 | 47 |
| Meath | 181 | 179 | 52 |
| Monaghan | 79 | 69 | 25 |
| Offaly | 86 | 82 | 28 |
| Roscommon | 84 | 88 | 30 |
| Sligo | 73 | 71 | 22 |
| Tipperary | 168 | 163 | 51 |
| Waterford | 125 | 121 | 42 |
| Westmeath | 98 | 99 | 37 |
| Wexford | 129 | 126 | 49 |
| Wicklow | 102 | 104 | 38 |
| Outside the State | 114 | 109 | 48 |
| Total | 4,492 | 4,445 | 1,359 |
Some of the applications awarded or disallowed in 2023 were received in late 2022.
I hope this information is of assistance to the Deputy.
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