Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when payment of a domiciliary care allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be reinstated ; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37822/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The person concerned applied for domiciliary care allowance in respect of her child on the 28th July 2015. The application was not allowed as it was considered that the child did not meet the eligibility criteria for the allowance. A decision letter issued to her on the 27th October 2015.

In the case of an application which is refused the applicant may submit additional information and ask for the decision to be reviewed or they may appeal the decision directly to the Social Welfare Appeals Office. The person concerned has been advised of these options in the decision letter.