40. Deputy Paul J. Connaughton asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason officials in her Department are no longer providing applicants with information on what month is currently being worked on in terms of the backlog of applications for carer's allowance; her plans to introduce greater transparency into the application system so that applicants can see how long the oldest applications in the system are; the average length of time being taken to determine appeals; in what month they might reasonably expect to have an outcome in relation to their application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54601/12]

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40. Deputy Paul J. Connaughton asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason officials in her Department are no longer providing applicants with information on what month is currently being worked on in terms of the backlog of applications for carer's allowance; her plans to introduce greater transparency into the application system so that applicants can see how long the oldest applications in the system are; the average length of time being taken to determine appeals; in what month they might reasonably expect to have an outcome in relation to their application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54601/12]

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