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 10th July 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 19th September 2019 setting out the decision of the deciding officer to refuse the allowance.

An appeal of the decision was registered by the Social Welfare Appeals Office on the 9th October 2019. As part of the appeals process, the application was re-examined by a deciding officer and the person concerned was notified on the 31st December 2019 that the review was unsuccessful. An appeal submission was prepared and forwarded to the Social Welfare Appeals Office on the 7th January 2020 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.