John Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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380. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for an invalidity pension will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [25377/13]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer on 29 April 2013, who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing. The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions on social welfare entitlements.