Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Question 354: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision regarding habitual residence will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if account will be taken of the length of time this person has been resident here, their employment history and connection to the local community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27210/11]

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 19th September 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 29th September 2011 and the appeal will be assigned an Appeals Officer who, in due course, 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.