Written answers

Tuesday, 5 July 2011

Department of Social Protection

Social Welfare Benefits

9:00 pm

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 365: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow is entitled to rent allowance in view of their current employment situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18700/11]

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that the person concerned made an application for rent supplement on 30th May 2011. The HSE has requested further information from the person concerned in order to process her application. The HSE will make a decision on her application when the requested information has been provided.

Photo of James BannonJames Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 366: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18761/11]

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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On 27th April 2010 the person concerned was refused Carer's Allowance on the grounds that the Department's Medical Assessor expressed the opinion that the care recipient is not so disabled as to require full time care and attention as prescribed in social welfare legislation. She was notified of this decision, the reasons for it and of her right of review or appeal to the Social Welfare Appeal's Office.

The person concerned appealed this decision and the matter was brought before an appeal hearing of the Social Welfare Appeals Office. The appeals officer considered all the information supplied by both parties before determining that the decision of the deciding officer be upheld and that the appeal was disallowed. On the 25th March 2011 the person concerned was notified of the appeals officer's decision.

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