Dan Neville (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if an application for domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will be reviewed. [39859/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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An application for domiciliary care allowance was received from the person concerned on the 19th June 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 6th October 2015 outlining the decision of the deciding officer to refuse the allowance.

A review of this decision will be undertaken and will consider the additional information supplied on this child’s condition/care needs. The application along with the new information supplied has been forwarded to a medical assessor for their professional opinion. Once this opinion is received the application will be re-examined by a deciding officer and a revised decision will be made if warranted. The person concerned will be notified of the outcome of this review as soon as it is completed. Such reviews can take up to 12 weeks to complete at present.