Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 194: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a hearing on their appeal of social welfare benefit. [4671/11]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal from the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer who proposes to hold an oral hearing in this case. The person concerned will be informed when arrangements have been made. In order to be fair to all appellants, oral hearings are arranged in strict chronological order.

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.