Written answers
Tuesday, 27 May 2025
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Departmental Data
Robert O'Donoghue (Dublin Fingal West, Labour)
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430. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families who applied for the domiciliary care allowance for each years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, indicating separately the number of applications granted, refused, and the number of refusals that were subsequently overturned on appeal, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27486/25]
Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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The figures requested for Domiciliary Care Allowance for 2020-2023 are as set out in the table below. Note that these figures are for the number of individual claims, rather than for the number of families who applied. Figures for 2024 are currently being compiled and will be published later this year.
Year | Claims registered | Awarded | Rejected | Overturned on Appeal |
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2020 | 6834 | 4498 | 2083 | 1440 |
2021 | 9121 | 5766 | 2566 | 1042 |
2022 | 10524 | 7872 | 3948 | 1458 |
2023 | 12290 | 8301 | 4079 | 1323 |
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