Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 547: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an application for the carer's allowance will be finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1318/05]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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Payment of carer's allowance was disallowed by a deciding officer who, having considered the medical evidence furnished in support of the claim and the views of the Department's medical adviser, decided that the care recipient was not in need of full-time care and attention as prescribed in the statutory provisions.

The person appealed this decision to the social welfare appeals office. The appeals officer disallowed the appeal following an oral hearing of the appeal on 12 January 2005 and careful consideration of all the available evidence, including that adduced at the hearing. Notification of the decision has issued to the person concerned. Under social welfare legislation, decisions on claims must be made by deciding officers and appeals officers. The officers are statutorily appointed and I have no role in making such decisions.