Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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188. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a domiciliary care allowance will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2284/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The person concerned applied for domiciliary care allowance in respect of her child on 6 October 2014. The application was disallowed as it was considered that the child did not meet the eligibility criteria for the allowance. A decision letter issued to the customer on 10 January 2015 advising of the decision.

In the case of an application which is refused on medical grounds the applicant may submit additional information and ask for the decision to be reviewed or they may appeal the decision directly to the Social Welfare Appeals Office within twenty one days.