Written answers
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Department of Social Protection
Jobseeker's Allowance Appeals
Tom Fleming (Kerry South, Independent)
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122. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine a jobseeker's allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [51011/13]
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 registered in that office on 8 November 2013. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought from the Department of Social Protection. These papers were received in the Social Welfare Appeals Office on 14 November 2013 and the case will be referred to an Appeals Officer who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on 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 in relation to social welfare entitlements.
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