Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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159. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1520/16]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 22nd October 2015. This application has been forwarded to one of the Department’s Medical Assessors for their medical opinion. Following receipt of this opinion, a decision will be made by a Deciding Officer and notified to the person concerned. It can currently take 12 weeks to process an application for DCA.

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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An application for domiciliary care allowance was received from the person concerned on the 22nd 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 5 October 2015 outlining the decision of the deciding officer to refuse the allowance.

A review of this decision was requested on 23rd October 2015. 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 the review as soon as it is completed. Such reviews can take up to 12 weeks to complete at present.