Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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548. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on an application for disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48880/18]

Finian McGrath (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred on 9th November 2018 to an Appeals Officer  who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing.

The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.