Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1675/16]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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An application for domiciliary care allowance was received from the person concerned on 3 July 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 14th October 2015 outlining the decision of the deciding officer to refuse the allowance.

A review of this decision was requested on 2nd November 2015 and additional information on this child's condition/care needs has been supplied. The application together 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.