Written answers
Thursday, 19 July 2012
Department of Social Protection
Illness Benefit
5:00 pm
Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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Question 360: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will give me an update on an illness benefit application appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) [36145/12]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Payment of illness benefit, to the person concerned, was disallowed by a Deciding Officer following an examination by a Medical Assessor of the Department who expressed the opinion that she was capable of work.
An appeal was registered on 13 July 2012 and the Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that, in accordance with statutory requirements, the Department was asked for the documentation in the case and the Deciding Officer's comments on the grounds of the appeal. In that context, an examination by another Medical Assessor will be carried out. The person concerned will be notified when arrangements for the examination have been completed.
The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social and Family Affairs and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions on social welfare entitlements.
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