Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 305: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an appeal was lodged for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and when this appeal will be heard. [8399/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The claim for disability allowance, by the person concerned, was refused by a Deciding Officer of the Department on 22 February 2008 on the grounds that his means exceeded the statutory limit.

An appeal was opened on 29 September 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 the case has been referred to an Appeals Officer who proposes to hold an oral appeal hearing, a date for which has not yet been scheduled. The Social Welfare Appeals Office is an office of the Department that is independently responsible for determining appeals against decisions on Social Welfare entitlements.