Written answers

Tuesday, 17 May 2011

Department of Social Protection

Social Welfare Appeals

6:00 pm

Photo of Brendan  RyanBrendan Ryan (Dublin North, Labour)
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Question 257: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a full review of the disallowance of domiciliary care allowance will be undertaken in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11363/11]

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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An application for domiciliary care allowance was received for the person in question on the 4th May 2010. 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 10th June 2010 refusing DCA, the person concerned subsequently lodged an appeal against the decision. He was informed by the Social Welfare Appeals Office on 18th November 2010 that the appeal had been disallowed. He then requested, in the light of new information he provided, that the Appeals Officer review the decision. The Appeals Officer did not consider that the new information contained any facts that would cause him to change his decision. The person in question was notified of this in writing on the 2nd March 2011. The decision/appeal process for this application is now complete. If the person concerned has additional information which was not made available to the deciding officer and appeals officer when they made their decision, it is open to him to re-apply.

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