Written answers
Tuesday, 3 July 2012
Department of Social Protection
Supplementary Welfare Allowance
9:00 pm
Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 350: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for supplementary welfare allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31917/12]
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 03rd March 2012. 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 12th April 2012 and the case will be referred to an Appeals Officer who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an 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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