Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 158: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25541/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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An application for carer's allowance from the person in question was initially refused 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 regulations. In addition, it was decided that the person in question does not satisfy the full time care requirement.

Following submission of further medical evidence in respect of the care recipient, the claim was reviewed and the decision to refuse the claim on medical grounds was reversed. In order to establish whether full time care and attention was being provided and whether all other conditions necessary for receipt of carer's allowance were satisfied, the file was sent to the department's investigative branch for investigation. Upon receipt of the inspector's report, the deciding officer decided that the person in question does not qualify for carer's allowance on the grounds that full time care is not being provided and for failure to supply information requested by the social welfare inspector. On 19 July 2011 the person in question was notified of this decision and the reasons for it. There is no record of an appeal by the applicant and the statutory period for submission of an appeal has now lapsed.