Written answers
Thursday, 14 April 2016
Department of Social Protection
Social Welfare Appeals
John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [7000/16]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 29 March 2016. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought from the Department of Social Protection. These papers have been received in the Social Welfare Appeals Office on 30 March 2016 and the case will be referred to an Appeals Officer who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing.
The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements.
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