Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 February 2026
425. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Social Protection the specific reasons an application (details supplied) and subsequent appeals, for carer’s allowance were refused; if the applicant will receive back pay; if the person must submit a new application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13527/26]
View answerThe person concerned applied for Carer's Allowance on 17th April 2025. Their application was refused on 28th May 2025 on the grounds that full time care and attention was not being provided to the care recipient and that the person concerned was working in excess of the statutory limit for receipt of Carer's Allowance.
The person concerned submitted an appeal on 18th June 2025. Having considered all of the available evidence the Appeals Officer upheld the decision on both grounds. The appeal was disallowed on 8th October 2025.
The person concerned submitted a request for a review of the Appeals Officers decision under Section 317 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act, on the 23rd December 2025 and again on 27th January 2026.
Section 317 of the Social Welfare Consolidation provides for a review of the Appeals Officers decision where there are new facts or new evidence which were not before the Appeals Officer when they made their decision and are relevant at the date the claim was made, 17th April 2025 in this case.
The requests for a review under section 317 submitted by the person concerned were not accepted by the Social Welfare Appeals Office as the information provided was not applicable at the date of application for Carer's Allowance.
Should there be new facts or new evidence which was not already before the Appeals Officer and which are relevant at the date the claim for Carer's Allowance was made, then a further request for a review under Section 317 may be made by completing an SWAO2 form.
Alternatively, should the circumstances of the person concerned have changed since making their initial application, the option to submit a new application for Carer's Allowance from the date their circumstances changed remains open to them.
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
