P J Sheehan (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 355: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an appeal for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be processed and a decision notified to the applicant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33493/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The claim for Carer's Allowance by the person concerned was refused by a Deciding Officer on the 13 November 2007, as in the opinion of the Chief Medical Adviser, the care recipient was not so invalided or disabled as to need full-time care and attention. Following the submission of further medical evidence, the Chief Medical Adviser confirmed his original opinion.

An appeal was opened in the case on 14 May 2008 and I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that this appeal has been referred to an Appeals Officer who proposes to hold an oral hearing. The person concerned will be informed when arrangements have been made.

The Social Welfare Appeals Office is an office of the Department that is independently responsible for determining appeals against decisions on social welfare entitlements.