Patrick Nulty (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 368: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; when the claim will go into payment and arrears will issue; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41085/11]

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 21 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 5 January 2012 and the appeal will be assigned, in due course, 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.