John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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106. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal relative to the rate of jobseeker's being paid to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be expedited; if the maximum benefit will be approved. [39902/13]

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 20^th September 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.