Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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320. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a disability allowance application will be examined with a view to payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30183/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was referred on 11 September 2020 to an Appeals Officer who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if required and subject to Covid-19 restrictions, hold an oral hearing.

The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for 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.