1077. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 465 of 4 March 2025, if he will consider commissioning research, external or otherwise, to examine and establish just how long parents of over 1,000 disabled children are waiting in each of the past five years to be awarded a domiciliary care allowance that they were initially refused, irrespective of the manner in which that initial decision is altered; the reason that the success rate of appeals, partial appeals, or revised decision, taken together is so high vis-à-vis the original decision based on the information supplied in a series of Parliamentary Questions to this Deputy; if he has concerns that parents of disabled children from disadvantaged backgrounds may face greater challenges in navigating both the criteria and layers of process involved in the awarding of this allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12704/25]

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1077. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 465 of 4 March 2025, if he will consider commissioning research, external or otherwise, to examine and establish just how long parents of over 1,000 disabled children are waiting in each of the past five years to be awarded a domiciliary care allowance that they were initially refused, irrespective of the manner in which that initial decision is altered; the reason that the success rate of appeals, partial appeals, or revised decision, taken together is so high vis-à-vis the original decision based on the information supplied in a series of Parliamentary Questions to this Deputy; if he has concerns that parents of disabled children from disadvantaged backgrounds may face greater challenges in navigating both the criteria and layers of process involved in the awarding of this allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12704/25]

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