Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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97. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the review of the domiciliary care allowance application will be complete in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26349/14]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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An application for domiciliary care allowance was received from the person concerned on 18 November 2013. The application was disallowed as the child was not considered to satisfy the qualifying conditions for the allowance. A letter issued on 4 February 2014 advising of the decision.

The person concerned subsequently requested a review of that decision. An appeal was also lodged against the decision. As part of the appeal/review process, the application including any new information supplied was forwarded for further consideration by one of the Department’s Medical Assessors.

The application was reviewed by another Medical Assessor on 14 May 2014, who having examined all the information supplied, advised that in their opinion the child was not medically eligible for the allowance. Having reviewed the application in its entirety, the deciding officer considered that a revision of the original decision was not warranted and confirmed this in writing on 16 June 2014. The file will now be forwarded to the Social Welfare Appeals Office for further consideration.