Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats)
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157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35673/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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An application for Domiciliary Care Allowance was received from the person concerned on the 8th May 2020. The application was not allowed as the child was not considered to satisfy the qualifying conditions for the allowance. A letter issued on the 1st July 2020 setting out the decision of the deciding officer to refuse the allowance.

An appeal was registered by the Social Welfare Appeals Office on the 21st July 2020. As part of the appeals process, the application was re-examined by a deciding officer and the person concerned was notified on the 7th September 2020 that the review was unsuccessful. An appeal submission was prepared and forwarded to the Social Welfare Appeals Office on the 16th September 2020. A decision issued from the Social Welfare Appeals Office on the 20th October 2020 informing that the appeal had been disallowed.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.