Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 179: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons (details supplied) in County Clare have not been facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1888/11]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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An application for domiciliary care allowance was received for the person in question on the 10th September 2009. This application was referred to one of the Department's Medical Assessors who found that the child was not medically eligible for the allowance. A letter issued on 19th October 2009 refusing DCA. The person concerned subsequently lodged an appeal against the decision. She was informed by the Social Welfare Appeals Office on 6th September 2010 that the appeal had been disallowed.