Written answers
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Department of Social Protection
Social Welfare Appeals
8:00 pm
Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 313: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath in respect of a carer's allowance application will be heard, as it was submitted in September 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14350/12]
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 26th 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 27th January 2012 and the appeal was assigned to an Appeals Officer on 13th February 2012 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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