Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17 is being disallowed disability payment. [44609/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The person concerned applied for disability allowance on 14 September 2011. The medical evidence supplied with the claim was referred to one of the department’s medical assessors who was of the opinion, based on the information supplied, that the person concerned was not medically suitable for disability allowance. In addition, the person concerned was assessed with means in excess of the statutory limit for receipt of disability allowance. A letter issued to the person concerned on the 17 May 2012 refusing the allowance.

The person concerned subsequently appealed this decision to the Social Welfare Appeals Office. As part of the appeals process, all the medical evidence in this case will be reviewed and if the decision remains unchanged the relevant papers will be sent to the Social Welfare Appeals Office for a determination.

In order for the person to be considered eligible for disability allowance, the appeal must be successful on both grounds of refusal i.e. medical eligibility and means in excess of the statutory limit. The person concerned will be notified in writing by the Social Welfare Appeals Office when a decision has been made on her appeal.