Written answers

Wednesday, 26 January 2011

Department of Social and Family Affairs

Social Welfare Appeals

7:00 pm

Photo of John McGuinnessJohn McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 65: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No 48042/10 of 16 December 2010, if one parent family allowance now under appeal will be approved and paid immediately in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if he will expedite the matter and outline the time frame involved. [4004/11]

Photo of Éamon Ó CuívÉamon 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 31 December 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 in the Social Welfare Appeals Office on 24 January 2011 and the appeal will be referred to an Appeals Officer in due course, 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.

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