Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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170. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision on an appeal of an application for a respite care grant will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36320/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that the appeal from the person concerned was referred to an Appeals Officer who has decided to hold an oral hearing in this case on 04^thNovember 2015. The person concerned has been notified of the arrangements for the 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.