Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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177. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 3 of 15 October 2014, when a decision will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40305/14]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The person concerned was notified on the 11th October 2014 that her domiciliary care allowance application was successful and that the allowance has been awarded from August 1^st2014.

Payment of the allowance, along with arrears due, will be available for collection in the nominated post office on the 21^stOctober 2014 and on the third Tuesday of each month thereafter.

Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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178. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40345/14]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The person concerned applied for domiciliary care allowance in respect of two children. The applications were not allowed as it was considered that the children did not meet the eligibility criteria for the allowance. A decision letter issued to the customer on the 9^thOctober 2014 advising of the decision in each case.

In the case of an application which is refused on medical grounds the applicant may submit additional information and/or ask for the decision to be reviewed or they may appeal the decision directly to the Social Welfare Appeals Office within twenty one days. To date there has been no request for a review and no record of an appeal having been registered in this case.