John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42944/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 15th February 2011. This application was referred to one of the Department’s Medical Assessors who found that the child was not medically eligible for DCA. A letter issued on the 8th April 2011 refusing the allowance. The person concerned subsequently lodged an appeal against this decision and she was informed by the Social Welfare Appeals Office on the 10th December 2011 that the appeal had not been allowed. Following receipt of further correspondence the appeal was reconsidered but the decision remained unchanged. A letter issued on the 10th July 2012 advising of this.

The decision/appeal process for this application is now complete. If the person concerned has additional information which was not available to the deciding and appeals officers when they made their decisions, it is open to her to re-apply for the payment.