Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 64: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if this will be paid as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14791/12]

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 24 August 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 1 February 2012 and the appeal was assigned to an Appeals Officer for consideration on 6 March 2012.

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.