Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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413. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an appeal for a domiciliary care allowance. [25792/13]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 23rd August 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 28th September 2012 refusing the allowance. The person concerned subsequently lodged an appeal against this decision and she was informed by the Social Welfare Appeals Office on the 11th March 2013 that the appeal had not been allowed. The decision/appeal process for this application is now complete. If the person concerned has additional information which was not available to the deciding and appeals officers when they made their decisions, it is open to her to re-apply for the allowance.