Written answers
Monday, 9 September 2024
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Welfare Benefits
Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE)
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935.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications and refusals for both disability allowance and invalidity pension, over the past 12 months, broken down by month, in a tabular form.[34159/24]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The data requested by the Deputy for both Disability Allowance and Invalidity Pension is shown in the below tables:
Table 1 : Disability Allowance
Month | No. of Applications Registered | No. of Applications Rejected | No of Applications Awarded |
---|---|---|---|
Jul-23 | 2375 | 1337 | 1465 |
Aug-23 | 2440 | 1288 | 1350 |
Sep-23 | 2440 | 1534 | 1625 |
Oct-23 | 2566 | 1302 | 1535 |
Nov-23 | 2907 | 1439 | 1646 |
Dec-23 | 1890 | 705 | 916 |
Jan-24 | 2120 | 1490 | 1434 |
Feb-24 | 2440 | 1304 | 1372 |
Mar-24 | 2297 | 1373 | 1280 |
Apr-24 | 2454 | 2352 | 2032 |
May-24 | 2769 | 2363 | 2011 |
Jun-24 | 2393 | 1576 | 1482 |
Jul-24 | 2662 | 2040 | 1686 |
Table 2 : Invalidity Pension
Month | No. of Applications Registered | No. of Applications Rejected | No of Applications Awarded |
---|---|---|---|
Jul-23 | 930 | 326 | 489 |
Aug-23 | 2199 | 302 | 450 |
Sep-23 | 1010 | 399 | 903 |
Oct-23 | 915 | 467 | 799 |
Nov-23 | 1104 | 432 | 930 |
Dec-23 | 630 | 242 | 581 |
Jan-24 | 858 | 689 | 893 |
Feb-24 | 894 | 566 | 821 |
Mar-24 | 823 | 457 | 589 |
Apr-24 | 918 | 475 | 637 |
May-24 | 811 | 443 | 596 |
Jun-24 | 742 | 325 | 489 |
Jul-24 | 777 | 424 | 494 |
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