Chris Andrews (Dublin Bay South, Sinn Fein)
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497. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied): and when they can expect a decision on the case. [13899/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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An application for Domiciliary Care Allowance was received from the person concerned on the 5th December 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 24th February 2020 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 4th April 2020. As part of the appeals process, the application was re-examined by a deciding officer and the person concerned was notified on the 19th May 2020 that the review was unsuccessful. An appeal submission was prepared and forwarded to the Social Welfare Appeals Office on the 16th June 2020. The Social Welfare Appeals Office will contact the person directly about the outcome of the appeal when it is dealt with.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.