Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 July 2016
318. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications his Department has received under the carer's allowance scheme in each of the years 2015 to 2016 to date; the number of these it has approved and refused; and the number that are pending. [19727/16]
View answerMy department received applications for the carer’s allowance scheme as follows:
|
Year |
Received |
Allowed |
Disallowed |
|
2015 |
18,929 |
14,378 |
9,808 |
|
2016* |
9,130 |
6,030 |
4,005 |
* End May 2016
At the end on May 2016 there were 6,398 pending applications.
