Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43097/19]

Finian McGrath (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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An application for domiciliary care allowance was received from the person concerned on the 2nd April 2019.  The application was not allowed as the child was not considered to satisfy the qualifying conditions for the allowance.  A letter issued on the 5th June 2019 setting out the decision of the deciding officer to refuse the allowance.

A request for a review of the decision was received on the 13th June 2019 and an appeal was subsequently registered by the Social Welfare Appeals Office on the 21st June 2019. As part of the appeals process, the application was re-examined by a deciding officer and the person concerned was notified on the 29th August 2019 that the review was unsuccessful.  An appeal submission was prepared and forwarded to the Social Welfare Appeals Office on the 16th  September 2019 for consideration by an Appeals Officer.  The Social Welfare Appeals Office will contact the person concerned directly about the outcome of the appeal.

 I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy

Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43098/19]

Finian McGrath (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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This domiciliary care allowance application has been finalised.  The person concerned was notified in a letter dated 4th September 2019  that domiciliary care allowance has been awarded from the 1st January 2019.  This includes a back-dating payment for the maximum six months allowable in respect of the months January 2019 to June 2019.Arrears due for this period issued with the September 2019 payment on the 19th September 2019.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.