Paul Donnelly (Dublin West, Sinn Fein)
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259. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications his Department received for the living alone allowance in 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of applications that were refused in each of the years in question; and the average processing times for these applications. [56075/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Claim processing figures for the living alone allowance are published in my Department's Annual Statistics Report where they are combined with figures for the increase for those living on a specified island; separate statistics for these allowances are not readily available.

In 2024, there were 19,492 claims registered for Living Alone Allowance and Island Allowance. 2,675 claims were rejected for these schemes in 2024.

These allowances are not distinct schemes in their own right but are additional allowances in addition to an individual's social protection payment. As a result the processing times for these allowances are not available.