Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 329: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the outcome of an appeal for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [7412/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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An application for carer's allowance by the person concerned was disallowed by a Deciding Officer of the Department on 8 January 2009 on the grounds that she was not providing full-time care. She appealed this decision on 21 January 2009 and I am informed by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that there is no outcome as yet in this case. The Chief Appeals Officer will write to the Deputy when the appeal has been determined. The Social Welfare Appeals Office is an office of the Department that is independently responsible for determining appeals against decisions on social welfare entitlements.