Séamus Healy (Tipperary South, Workers and Unemployed Action Group)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite the carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45100/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s allowance from the person in question on the 11th July 2011. This application was referred to one of the Department’s medical assessors who found that the caree in question was not medically eligible for carer’s allowance. A letter issued on the 15th May 2012 refusing the allowance.

The person concerned appealed this decision to the Social Welfare Appeals Office and submitted further medical evidence in support of the appeal which was received on the 7th June 2012. This medical evidence was forwarded to the Department’s medical assessors for further consideration and is awaiting medical assessment. If the opinion of the medical assessor is that the caree is medically eligible, a revised decision will be made and the person in question will be contacted directly with the outcome. If the outcome remains unchanged a submission will be prepared and the file and papers will be forwarded to the Social Welfare Appeals Office for determination.