Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 906: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when an application for an appeal hearing by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39412/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that, following receipt of the relevant Departmental papers including comments on the grounds of appeal, the appeal from the person concerned has been referred to an Appeals Officer for consideration. As part of this consideration, the Appeals Officer will decide if an oral hearing is appropriate in this case. The Social Welfare Appeals Office is an office of the Department that is independently responsible for determining appeals against decisions on social welfare entitlements.