Dáil Éireann Debate, Monday - 9 September 2024
935. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications and refusals for both disability allowance and invalidity pension, over the past 12 months, broken down by month, in a tabular form. [34159/24]
View answerThe data requested by the Deputy for both Disability Allowance and Invalidity Pension is shown in the below tables:
Table 1 : Disability Allowance
|
Month |
No. of Applications Registered |
No. of Applications Rejected |
No of Applications Awarded |
|
Jul-23 |
2375 |
1337 |
1465 |
|
Aug-23 |
2440 |
1288 |
1350 |
|
Sep-23 |
2440 |
1534 |
1625 |
|
Oct-23 |
2566 |
1302 |
1535 |
|
Nov-23 |
2907 |
1439 |
1646 |
|
Dec-23 |
1890 |
705 |
916 |
|
Jan-24 |
2120 |
1490 |
1434 |
|
Feb-24 |
2440 |
1304 |
1372 |
|
Mar-24 |
2297 |
1373 |
1280 |
|
Apr-24 |
2454 |
2352 |
2032 |
|
May-24 |
2769 |
2363 |
2011 |
|
Jun-24 |
2393 |
1576 |
1482 |
|
Jul-24 |
2662 |
2040 |
1686 |
Table 2 : Invalidity Pension
|
Month |
No. of Applications Registered |
No. of Applications Rejected |
No of Applications Awarded |
|
Jul-23 |
930 |
326 |
489 |
|
Aug-23 |
2199 |
302 |
450 |
|
Sep-23 |
1010 |
399 |
903 |
|
Oct-23 |
915 |
467 |
799 |
|
Nov-23 |
1104 |
432 |
930 |
|
Dec-23 |
630 |
242 |
581 |
|
Jan-24 |
858 |
689 |
893 |
|
Feb-24 |
894 |
566 |
821 |
|
Mar-24 |
823 |
457 |
589 |
|
Apr-24 |
918 |
475 |
637 |
|
May-24 |
811 |
443 |
596 |
|
Jun-24 |
742 |
325 |
489 |
|
Jul-24 |
777 |
424 |
494 |
