Written answers
Thursday, 14 January 2016
Department of Social Protection
Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications
Noel Coonan (Tipperary North, Fine Gael)
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79. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application under the domiciliary care allowance scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1760/16]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 18 December 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.
Noel Coonan (Tipperary North, Fine Gael)
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80. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application under the domiciliary care allowance scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1761/16]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The person concerned was notified on 25 November 2015 that her application for domiciliary care allowance was successful and that the allowance has been awarded from 1 September 2015. The first payment of the allowance, along with arrears due, issued on 15 December 2015.
Noel Coonan (Tipperary North, Fine Gael)
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81. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application under the domiciliary care allowance scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1762/16]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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An application for domiciliary care allowance was received from the person concerned on 23 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 9 October 2015 outlining the decision of the deciding officer to refuse the allowance.
A review of this decision was requested on 23 October 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.
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