Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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434. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the domiciliary care allowance was removed from a child (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24225/13]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 7th February 2012. This application was referred to one of the Department’s Medical Assessors who found that the child was not medically eligible for the allowance. A letter issued on the 5th March 2012 advising of the decision not to allow the application. The person concerned subsequently lodged an appeal against this decision and she was informed by the Social Welfare Appeals Office on the 17th December 2012 that the appeal was disallowed.

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