Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 373: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application; and when a decision will issue to persons (details supplied) in County Offaly. [10947/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on 24th August 2010. This application was referred to one of the Department's Medical Assessors who found that the child was not medically eligible for DCA. A decision letter issued to the person concerned on 1st November 2010 refusing the allowance. She subsequently appealed this decision and was informed by the Social Welfare Appeals Office on 22nd July 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.