Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 332: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an application for a domiciliary care allowance will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23176/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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An application for domiciliary care allowance was received on the 24th March 2011 from the person concerned. This application was referred to one of the Department's Medical Assessors who found that her child was not medically eligible for the allowance.

A letter issued to the person concerned on the 19th May 2011 advising her of the decision. She subsequently requested that the decision be reviewed. The case was re-examined by another Medical Assessor who found that the child was not medically eligible and a decision to this effect issued on the 26th July 2011.

Further medical information has now been submitted and an appeal registered on the 10th August 2011. As part of the appeals process this additional information was again reviewed by a Medical Assessor who found the child still not medically eligible. The file will now be submitted to the Social Welfare Appeals Office for decision.