Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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243. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress, to date, in determining an appeal for maternity benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22127/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer on 1^stApril 2015, who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing.

The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements.