Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 282: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if, in view of the health circumstances and correspondence from their doctor in the case, the allowance will be granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32102/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Payment of disability allowance, to the person concerned, was refused following an examination by a Medical Assessor of the Department who expressed the opinion that she was medically unsuitable for the allowance. An appeal was opened, and in the context of that appeal, her case was reviewed by a second Medical Assessor who also expressed the opinion that she was medically unsuitable for disability allowance.

I am informed by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that, in the light of this second medical opinion, that office decided to afford her an opportunity of setting out the complete and up to date grounds of her appeal. On receipt of her response the relevant departmental papers will be requested from the Department and the appeal will then be 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.

Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 284: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an appeal of an application for carer's allowance will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32135/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that, in accordance with statutory requirements, the relevant Departmental papers and comments of the Department have been sought in this case. On receipt of its response the case will be 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.