Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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429. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for the domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27163/16]

Finian McGrath (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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An application for domiciliary care allowance was received from the person concerned on the 15th March 2016. This application was not allowed as the child was not considered to satisfy the qualifying conditions for the allowance. A letter issued on the 6th July 2016 outlining the decision of the deciding officer to refuse the allowance.

A request for a review of this decision was received on 12th July 2016. 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.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.