Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the refusal of carer's allowance/benefit in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6473/13]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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I confirm that the department received an application for carer’s benefit from the person in question on the 13th March, 2012. A letter issued on the 31st May 2012 refusing the benefit on the grounds that the caree in question was not medically eligible for carer’s benefit and also that the level of care provided was not adequate for the provision of full-time care and attention as defined in carer’s benefit legislation.

The person in question subsequently appealed this decision. The outcome of the appeal was that while it was allowed on medical grounds it was disallowed on the provision of full time care and attention. Consequently, the claim remains disallowed.