Written answers

Thursday, 21 July 2011

Department of Social Protection

Social Welfare Appeals

7:00 pm

Photo of Jim DalyJim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 367: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) has not yet been completed, noting that a letter issued from the social welfare appeals office on the 31 May 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22345/11]

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan 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 7 February 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 14 July 2011 and the appeal will be referred in due course 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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