Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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172. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [42806/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The application for disability allowance (DA) from the person in question was disallowed by a deciding officer (DO) who decided that she did not satisfy the medical conditions for the scheme. Notification of this decision issued on 3 June 2015. Following a request for a review of this decision and following a review of all the available evidence, a DO upheld the original decision to disallow on medical grounds. The outcome of this review was notified to the person concerned on 5 August 2015.

The person in question has lodged an appeal with the independent Social Welfare Appeals Office (SWAO). All the relevant papers requested by that Office recently were submitted by the Department and the SWAO will be in touch with the person in due course in relation to the progress of the appeal.