Bernard Allen (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 236: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a decision will be made on the appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [36011/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The claim for carer's allowance, by the person concerned, was refused by a Deciding Officer of the Department on 21 July 2009 on the grounds that the care recipient was not as invalided or disabled as to need full-time care and attention. Following the submission of additional information the Deciding Officer reviewed the case, but found that were no new facts or fresh evidence that would warrant a revision of the original decision and the person concerned was notified of this on 23 September 2009.

The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal was registered on 28 September 2009 and the person concerned has been requested to forward her grounds of appeal. The Social Welfare Appeals Office is an office of the Department that is independently responsible for determining appeals against decisions on social welfare entitlements.