Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 312: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34496/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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In the case in question, an application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received on 24 January 2011. This application was referred to one of the Department's Medical Assessors who found that the child was not medically eligible for DCA. A letter issued on the 10 February 2011 refusing the allowance. The person concerned subsequently lodged an appeal against this decision. She was informed by the Social Welfare Appeals Office on the 20 October 2011 that the appeal had been disallowed. The decision/appeal process for this application is now complete. If the person concerned has additional information which was not made available to the deciding officer and appeals officer when they made their decisions, it is open to her to re-apply for the payment.