Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that a social protection appeal by a person (details supplied) is processed as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41563/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The person concerned submitted an appeal request to her local office regarding her jobseekers allowance claim. The Deciding Officer advised the person concerned that the Department would review the jobseeker's allowance application upon receipt of specified documentation.

The appeal submission has now been forwarded to the Social Welfare Appeals Office. It is open to the person concerned to contact her local office to pursue the issue further. The person concerned can apply for supplementary welfare allowance where her entitlement to same can be examined.