Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 September 2025
155. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who qualified for the carer’s allowance, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025; and the number of persons who applied for carer’s allowance but were refused in each of those years. [49655/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraCarer's Allowance is a weekly social welfare payment to people who provide full-time care to people with qualifying conditions. The number of awarded and rejected claims by year is shown in the Table.
|
Year |
Number of claims awarded |
Number of claims rejected |
|
2015 |
14,378 |
7,920 |
|
2016 |
19,308 |
11,144 |
|
2017 |
17,290 |
8,599 |
|
2018 |
17,242 |
9,291 |
|
2019 |
16,910 |
8,811 |
|
2020 |
17,495 |
10,495 |
|
2021 |
14,804 |
9,134 |
|
2022 |
14,921 |
10,115 |
|
2023 |
17,333 |
10,875 |
|
2024 |
16,279 |
9,937 |
|
to end August 2025 |
13,809 |
7,377 |
