Written answers
Wednesday, 7 March 2012
Department of Social Protection
Social Welfare Appeals
6:00 pm
Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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Question 111: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal for lone parent allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13003/12]
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 14th October 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 04th January 2012 and the appeal will, in due course, be assigned to an Appeals Officer for consideration. 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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