Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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333. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow will receive a decision on a carer's allowance appeal. [50248/13]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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I confirm that payment of Carer's Allowance was stopped from the 13th March 2013 following a review which found that the person concerned did not fulfil the care conditions for the scheme. A letter issued to the person concerned notifying them of the decision, the reason for it and of the right to a review or an appeal. The person in question appealed this decision on the 22nd April 2013. The appeal request was not acted on promptly and we apologise sincerely for this. The papers are now issued to the Social Welfare Appeals Office in order for her appeal to be progressed. We will liaise with this office to have the case expedited.