Written answers
Thursday, 16 October 2025
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Social Welfare Appeals
Holly Cairns (Cork South-West, Social Democrats)
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276. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants for disability allowance appeals; and the number rejected over the past three years, in tabular form. [56466/25]
Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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The number of disability allowance claims that were appealed in 2022 - 2024 and the number of appeals on disability allowance claims which were disallowed in 2022 - 2024 are shown in the table below. Figures for 2022 and 2023 are taken from the Social Welfare Appeals Office annual reports for these respective years. The figures for 2024 are not yet finalised and will be published in the Social Welfare Appeals Office Annual Report for 2024 in due course.
2022 | 2023 | |
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Appeals Received | 5,637 | 5,567 |
Appeals Disallowed | 2,222 | 2,280 |
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