Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 13 November 2025
113. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have been refused the disability allowance in each of the past ten years; the numbers of whom were successful in their appeal against the refusal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61981/25]
View answerThe number of claims for Disability Allowance that were rejected as well as the number of claims that were successfully appealed for each year from 2015 - 2024 are shown in the table below.
Please note that not all claims that were rejected resulted in an appeal. Also note that not all appeals are for rejected claims as claimants can also make an appeal on a reduced rate of payment as a result of a means test. It is not possible to provide separate statistics based on the reason for an appeal. It is also important to note that there is a time lag between requesting an appeal and receiving a decision on an appeal. Therefore claims which were rejected in one year may not receive a decision on an appeal until the following year.
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2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
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Claims Rejected
|
14,800 |
12,027 |
12,022 |
12,682 |
13,981 |
13,559 |
13,989 |
14,593 |
16,653 |
20,343 |
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Appeals Allowed |
4,912 |
3,733 |
3,608 |
3,673 |
4,110 |
4,714 |
3,355 |
3,144 |
3,097 |
3,293 |
