Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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Question 355: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when it is proposed to fix a date for the hearing of an appeal in relation to a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [16627/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The person concerned was in receipt of Carer's Allowance from July 1999 until 4 June 2008, when, following a review, payment of the allowance to him was suspended as he did not provide a Social Welfare Inspector with information regarding his means which was required to assess his continued entitlement.

Following a number of subsequent phone calls from the person concerned, the file was sent again to the Social Welfare Inspector for further investigation. His claim was eventually disallowed on 30 September 2008 on the grounds that he had failed to disclose his means.

An appeal was opened on 20 November 2008 and I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that the case 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.