Written answers
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
Department of Social Protection
Social Welfare Appeals
10:00 pm
Dan Neville (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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Question 135: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a carer's allowance application which is under appeal will be dealt with as soon as possible by way of an oral hearing in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [6048/11]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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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 09 November 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 16 February 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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