Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 179: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the application for domiciliary care allowance will be re-examined in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35608/10]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 19 May 2010. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant departmental papers and comments by or on behalf of the deciding officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. These papers were received back in the Social Welfare Appeals Office on 27 August 2010 and the appeal will be referred in due course to an appeals officer who will decide whether the case can be decided on a summary basis or whether to list it for oral hearing.

The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions on social welfare entitlements.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 180: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding arrears of the child benefit element of jobseeker's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35609/10]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The person concerned is in receipt of a qualified child increase in respect of this child from 17 September 2010, the date on which an application was submitted with proof of continuation by the child concerned in full-time education. Entitlement to arrears in respect of this child is currently being examined.