Brendan Griffin (Kerry, Fine Gael)
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300. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a review of further medical evidence submitted for an illness benefit review in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45861/21]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The person concerned attended an in person medical assessment on the 25th August 2021 to have her continued entitlement to claim Illness Benefit reviewed.

It was the Medical Assessor's opinion that she was capable of work. A letter issued to her on the 8th September 2021, affording her the opportunity to provide any further medical evidence she believed was relevant to her case before a formal decision was made on her claim by a Deciding Officer.

The Department received further medical evidence from the person concerned on the 17th September 2021. Upon reviewing the Medical Assessor's report and all the information provided by the person concerned, it was the Deciding Officer's decision that the person concerned is capable of work and as such is not entitled to continue claiming Illness Benefit from the 27th September 2021.

A decision letter issued to the person concerned on the 20th September 2021 informing her of this decision. This letter gives her the right to have this decision internally reviewed by a Deciding Officer from the Department or to appeal the decision to the independent Social Welfare Appeals Office.

I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.