Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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517. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when supplementary welfare will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34949/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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According to the records of my Department the person concerned submitted an application for a Basic Supplementary Welfare Allowance (SWA) payment on 02/09/2020 pending a decision on her Disability Allowance (DA) application. The SWA application was processed by a designated person and was disallowed as the applicant failed to provide sufficient documentation to support her application. A decision letter dated 18/9/2020 issued to the person concerned informing her of the outcome of her application and affording her the option to submit the necessary documentation or to appeal the decision of the deciding officer to the independent Social Welfare Appeals Office. The person concerned submitted an appeal to the Social Welfare Appeals Office and her appeal was assigned to an appeals officer on 2/11/2020. The person concerned will be informed of the outcome of her appeal on completion of the appeals process.

An application from the person concerned for DA was received by my Department on 14/9/2020. The processing time for a DA claim may vary in accordance with it's relative complexity in terms of the qualifying criteria, the person's circumstances and the information provided in support of the claim. The application has been disallowed on medical and means grounds. A decision letter issued on 09/11/2020 to the person concerned advising her of the outcome of her application and informing her of the option to appeal the decision to a deciding officer or to the independent Social Welfare Appeals Office.

I trust this clarifies the matter.