Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 163: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when unemployment assistance or unemployment benefit will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22025/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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A claim by the person concerned for Jobseekers Benefit was disallowed on 25 March 2009 by a Deciding Officer of the Department on the grounds that she was not genuinely seeking employment. I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an appeal was received on 15 May 2009 together with the documentation in the case and the Deciding Officer's comments on the grounds of the appeal. These have been referred to an Appeals Officer for consideration. The Social Welfare Appeals Office is an office of the Department that is independently responsible for determining appeals against decisions on social welfare entitlements.