Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5261/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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An application for domiciliary care allowance was received from the person concerned on the 19th June 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 18th  August 2020 setting out the decision of the deciding officer to refuse the allowance.

A request for a review of the decision was received on the 27th August 2020 and an appeal was subsequently registered by the Social  Welfare Appeals Office on  the 17th September 2020.  As part of the appeals process, the application was re-examined by a deciding officer and the person concerned was notified on the 15th October 2020 that the review was unsuccessful.  An appeal submission was prepared and forwarded to the Social Welfare Appeals Office on the 30th October 2020.  The Social  Welfare Appeals Office will contact the person directly about the outcome of the appeal.

 I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.