Written answers
Tuesday, 14 July 2015
Department of Social Protection
Carer's Allowance Appeals
Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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187. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a social welfare appeal lodged by a person (details supplied) in mid-June 2015 for a carer's allowance as a matter of urgency, given the circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28448/15]
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 registered in that office on 25thJune 2015. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. When these papers have been received from the Department, the case in question will be referred to an Appeals Officer who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral appeal 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.
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