Carer's Allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment made to a person who is habitually resident in the State and who is providing full-time care and attention to a child or an adult who has such a disability that, as a result, they require that level of care.
The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the table(s) below. Claim processing statistics are not collected on a county basis, and thus it is not possible to provide data for Galway city and county. National totals are provided.
|
Year
|
CA Claims received
|
*CA Claims Awarded by Deciding Officer
|
CA claims Disallowed by Deciding Officer
|
CA Appeals received by Appeals Office
|
CA Appeals allowed by Appeals office
|
CA appeals disallowed by Appeals office
|
|
2022
|
22781
|
14921
|
10115
|
3521
|
804
|
1953
|
|
2023
|
22633
|
17333
|
10875
|
3048
|
680
|
1506
|
|
2024 - To end August 2024
|
15346
|
11047
|
6776
|
2434
|
399
|
1237
|
*CA Claims awarded by Deciding Officer include cases that may have been previously disallowed and which were subsequently awarded following a review or a successful appeal.
Appeals data has been collected by the Social Welfare Appeals Office (SWAO) and is provided below. The SWAO has provided Appeals statistics for Galway, but it is not possible to break this down further into city and county.
|
Year
|
Received
|
Allowed
|
Disallowed
|
Partially Allowed
|
|
2022
|
149
|
40
|
83
|
3
|
|
2023
|
157
|
26
|
65
|
2
|
|
2024 (to 31/08/2024)
|
155
|
26
|
58
|
0
|
I hope this information is of assistance to the Deputy.
