Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 229: To ask the Minister for Social Protection, further to Parliamentary Question No. 344 of 14 September 2011, the position regarding an application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Clare; and if an oral hearing will be facilitated in relation to same. [29528/11]

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 30 August 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 and the appeal was assigned to an Appeals Officer on 14 September 2011 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.