Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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563. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary care allowance scheme, including the timeframe for a decision; if he is aware of the extenuating circumstances of the persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10532/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 26th February 2016. 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. Applications are processed in date of receipt order, it can currently take 12 weeks to process an application for DCA.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.