John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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909. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary allowance by a person (details supplied). [30978/18]

Finian McGrath (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 23 September 2016. This application was not allowed as the child was not considered to satisfy the qualifying conditions for the allowance. A letter issued on 10 January 2017 outlining the decision of the deciding officer to refuse the allowance.

A request for a review of this decision was received on 3 February 2017. The claim was reviewed by a deciding officer who determined that a revised decision was not warranted. The person concerned was notified of this decision on 12 June 2017.

An appeal of the decision was requested on 4 July 2017. As part of the appeal process the DCA claim was again reviewed by a deciding officer who upheld the decision dated 12 June 2017. The person concerned was notified of this decision on 14 November 2017. The application has now been forwarded to the Social Welfare Appeals Office for further consideration.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.