Dan Neville (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [48209/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received on the 20th March 2012. 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 2nd May 2012 refusing the allowance. The person concerned subsequently lodged an appeal against this decision.

As part of the appeal process, the case was forwarded to another of the Department’s Medical Assessors for further consideration, including a review of any new information supplied. The Medical Assessor upheld the opinion that the child was not medically eligible for DCA. The case will now be forwarded for consideration by the Appeals Office.