Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the disabilty allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46937/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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In 2013, following a successful appeal to the Social Welfare Appeals Office against a disallowance of an application for disability allowance (DA) on medical grounds in 2011, the file was returned to the Department for further examination of the person’s eligibility for DA.

At that time, the person in question was requested by a deciding officer (DO) to provide additional information necessary to decide on his eligibility. The person concerned failed to supply this information so the DO was unable to make a decision on the claim. The person was informed at that time that failure to provide the requested information would result in his eligibility not being determined.

A subsequent application for DA from the person in question was awarded from September 2014 and all arrears due from that claim have been paid.

A deciding officer (DO) has recently been in contact again with the person concerned in relation to his potential eligibility for DA from 2011 onwards and information necessary to make a decision on that period has been requested from him. On receipt of that information, a DO will review his eligibility from 2011 and he will be notified of the decision as soon as possible.

Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the disabilty allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46938/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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I confirm the Department received an application for disability allowance (DA) on 15 September 2015. In order to determine the circumstances of the person concerned, her file was forwarded to her local Social Welfare Inspector (SWI). The SWI will arrange to meet with the person in question as soon as possible.

A decision on her entitlement to DA will be made on receipt of the Social Welfare Inspector’s report. The person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.