Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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229. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for an invalidity pension claim will be processed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49998/18]

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 26 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.