Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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403. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9404/14]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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An application for domiciliary care allowance was received from the person concerned on the 13th September 2013. This application was referred to one of the Department’s Medical Assessors whose opinion was that the child was not medically eligible for the allowance. A letter issued on the 1st November 2013 advising of the decision to disallow the application.

The person concerned subsequently lodged an appeal against this decision and supplied additional information on the child’s condition. As part of the appeal process, the application along with the additional information provided was reviewed by a second Medical Assessor who found the child to be medically eligible for the allowance. The person concerned was notified of the decision to award DCA on the 17th February 2014. Payment of the allowance, along with arrears due, will be made to the nominated bank account on the 19th March 2014 and on the third Tuesday of each month thereafter.