Finian McGrath (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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An application for domiciliary care allowance was received from the person concerned on the 15th February 2018. The application was not allowed as the child was not considered to satisfy the qualifying conditions for the allowance. A letter issued on the 23rd April 2018 setting out the decision of the deciding officer to refuse the allowance.

An appeal of this decision was requested on the 28th May 2018. As part of the appeals process the application was reviewed by a deciding officer who determined that a revised decision was not warranted. The person concerned was notified of this decision on the 22nd August 2018. On 30th August 2018 additional medical information was received which was forwarded to the Department's Medical Assessor. The application will again be re-viewed by a deciding officer and a revised decision will be made if warranted. If the decision is not revised, the case will be referred for consideration by the Social Welfare Appeals Office. The person concerned will be notified of the outcome of the deciding officer's review as soon as it is completed.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.