Written answers
Thursday, 23 June 2011
Department of Social Protection
Social Welfare Appeals
6:00 pm
Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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Question 110: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16974/11]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that a disability allowance appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 22 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 8 March 2011 and the appeal has been referred to an Appeals Officer 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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