Canary Islands care-dependency decisions take 184 days on average, MP says
MP Jana González says the average time to recognise care-dependency rights has fallen to 184 days across the Canary Islands.
People applying for recognition of care-dependency rights in the Canary Islands wait an average of 184 days for a decision, regional MP Jana González Alonso has told the Canary Islands Parliament.
The Canary Nationalist Group (CCa) MP said the figure covers the period from submitting an application to receiving a decision recognising the person’s entitlement. She said the wait had exceeded a year at the beginning of the current parliamentary term.
González attributed the reduction to a change in management and approach, arguing that the Dependency Law is now being met in the Canary Islands. The law concerns support for people who need help with daily life.
She said the current average was 60% lower than in 2025 and 77% lower than in 2020, when the wait was 644 days. However, a fall from 644 to 184 days is approximately 71%, so those two figures do not match the stated 77% reduction.
The MP also said people requiring care and those around them had previously waited years for their rights to be recognised.