Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 355: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [24750/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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A Deciding Officer disallowed the jobseeker's allowance claim of the person concerned from 13 May, 2009, on the grounds that his means, derived from the benefit of spouse's earnings, exceed the maximum jobseeker's allowance rate payable to a person in his circumstances. He has appealed this decision and his file was forwarded to a Social Welfare Inspector for re-examination of his means. The inspector will be in touch with him shortly in this regard. Under Social Welfare legislation decisions in relation to claims must be made by Deciding Officers and Appeals Officers. These officers are statutorily appointed and I have no role in regard to making such decisions.