Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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145. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of people who have had the carer’s allowance removed from them in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32429/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Carer's allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment made to a person who is habitually resident in the State and who is providing full-time care and attention to a child or an adult who has such a disability that as a result they require that level of care.

The Department periodically reviews claims across its schemes to ensure that recipients and beneficiaries continue to satisfy the eligibility criteria for the scheme. A review can also result from a CA person contacting the Department to updating on changes of their circumstances.

The table below shows, by year, the number of persons in receipt of CA and the number whose CA payment was stopped following a review by the Department.