Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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40. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive a decision on an appeal for a domiciliary care allowance. [7174/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 20th January 2015. This application has been forwarded to one of the Department's Medical Assessors for their medical opinion. Following receipt of this opinion, a decision will be made by a Deciding Officer and notified to the person concerned. It can currently take 10 weeks to process an application for DCA.