Written answers
Thursday, 17 November 2011
Department of Social Protection
Social Welfare Appeals
3:00 pm
Paul Connaughton (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 144: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35363/11]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that a carer's allowance appeal, by the person concerned, was registered in that office on 29 July 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 08 November 2011 and the appeal will, in due course, be assigned to an Appeals Officer 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.
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