Tom Fleming (Kerry South, Independent)
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175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will examine and expedite a domiciliary care allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30897/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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An application for domiciliary care allowance was received from the person concerned on the 20th January 2015. This application was not allowed as the child was not considered to satisfy the qualifying conditions for the allowance. A letter issued on the 29th April 2015 outlining the decision of the deciding officer to refuse the allowance.

An appeal of this decision was registered on 3 June 2015 and additional information on this child’s condition/care needs has been supplied. The application together with the new information supplied was examined by another medical assessor who did not consider that the child met the medical criteria for the allowance. Having reviewed the application in its entirety, the deciding officer considered that a revision of the original decision was not warranted and confirmed this in writing on the 7 September 2015. The file has been forwarded to the Social Welfare Appeals Office for their consideration of the appeal.