80% of carers who were denied allowance win payments on appeal

New figures show while the numbers of families turned down for the Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) has fallen, almost 80% of applications that were rejected were later granted the payment on appeal.

DCA is a monthly payment worth €309 to a family and is made to the carer of a child with a severe disability who lives at home.

The previously high rate of rejection of applications led to a number of families bringing court actions in a bid to secure the payment, and last year the matter was the subject of a High Court ruling.