Social Welfare Benefits
Dail Éireann — 2023-12-07
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Joe O'Brien (GP), Dublin Fingal

There is an amenability in the Department in terms of looking at the question of backdating claims. People get the application in as soon as possible and then some of the medical information follows. We are looking at a way of maybe improving that. It is also important to state that budget 2023 saw new legislation coming into effect, with a new provision put in place making domiciliary care allowance available for children with severe illness or disability who remain in hospital for up to six months after birth.

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Sitting date: 2023-12-07