Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 October 2024
378. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 625 of 18 September 2024, the number of people who have attempted to apply to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme but were unable due to ineligibility; and the monthly breakdown of the number of applications to the redress scheme from it’s opening to date; in tabular form. [38533/24]
View answerThe Deputy has sought some statistics pertaining to the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme which I provide here as at 23 September.
|
Applications to the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme |
Number |
|
March |
951 |
|
April |
1,586 |
|
May |
971 |
|
June |
486 |
|
July |
646 |
|
August |
353 |
|
September (to 23rd) |
146 |
|
Total |
5,139 |
The Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme opened for applications in March this year. As at 23 September, 5,139 applications have been received. There are 4,500 fully completed applications which have proceeded into the processing system. The other 639 applicants are being supported by the Payment Scheme Office in order to provide the outstanding information required so that their application can move forward.
3,012 notices of determination have issued to applicants. The number of those that are ineligible - where the notice of determination has issued with no offer of benefits - is 524. Once they receive a notice of determination, applicants then have 6 months in which to consider their offer before they need to respond to the Payments Office. With regard to those who have accepted an offer, 1,482 payments are either processed and completed or in the process of being made.
