Written answers
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Department of Social Protection
Social Welfare Appeals
10:00 pm
Ciara Conway (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 244: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review an appeal for jobseeker's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19601/11]
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 22 June 2011. 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 28 June 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 the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions on social welfare entitlements.
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