Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 860: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position in relation to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33123/09]

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 Department was asked for the documentation in the case and the Deciding Officer's comments on the grounds of the appeal. In that context, an examination by another Medical Assessor will be carried out. The person concerned will be notified when arrangements for the examination have been completed.

I am further advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that the back to education allowance is not a statutory scheme and decisions on applications for the allowance cannot be appealed to that office.

The Social Welfare Appeals Office is an office of the Department that is independently responsible for determining appeals against decisions on social welfare entitlements.