Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 253: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an application for carer's allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will expedite a response. [29893/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The person concerned was refused carer's allowance on 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. She was notified of this decision, the reason for it and of her right of review or appeal. Additional medical evidence has been received and will be reviewed by a medical assessor in due course. She will be notified directly of the outcome of the review once it is completed.