John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 172: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal regarding an application for jobseeker's allowance will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [19470/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that a jobseeker's allowance appeal, by the person concerned, was registered in that office on 16 May 2011 and 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.