Written answers

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Department of Social and Family Affairs

Social Welfare Appeals

9:00 pm

Photo of Michael RingMichael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 784: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a disability appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [1892/10]

Photo of Mary HanafinMary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Payment of disability allowance, to the person concerned, was refused by a Deciding Officer following an assessment by a Medical Assessor of the Department who expressed the opinion that he was medically unsuitable for disability allowance.

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 assessment by another Medical Assessor will be carried out and the Social Welfare Appeals Office will be in contact with the person concerned as soon as the result of the assessment is to hand.

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

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