Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 453: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an appeal for carer's allowance will be dealt with in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [35950/08]

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 of the Department on the 15th November 2007 on the grounds that the care recipient was not so invalided or disabled as to need full-time care and attention.

An appeal was opened on 14 March 2008 and I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that, in accordance with the statutory requirements, the Department was asked for the documentation in the case and the Deciding Officer's comments on the grounds of the appeal.

These have been received and her case has been referred to an Appeals Officer who proposes to hold an oral appeal hearing.

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