5 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of applications received for a carer's allowance up to 18 September 1991; the number of applications approved at that date and the number refused at that date; if, in view of the very restricted means testing applied to the carer's allowance and the reduction in uptake caused by such means testing, he will consider amending the regulations for the allowance to remove the means testing condition from the eligibility test for the allowance and to recoup part of the cost by designating the allowance as a taxable income; if he will further amend the scheme to prevent the exclusion of living alone benefits payable to persons before the carer came to live with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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5 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of applications received for a carer's allowance up to 18 September 1991; the number of applications approved at that date and the number refused at that date; if, in view of the very restricted means testing applied to the carer's allowance and the reduction in uptake caused by such means testing, he will consider amending the regulations for the allowance to remove the means testing condition from the eligibility test for the allowance and to recoup part of the cost by designating the allowance as a taxable income; if he will further amend the scheme to prevent the exclusion of living alone benefits payable to persons before the carer came to live with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

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• Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Carer's Allowance.

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