Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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157. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the appeal in respect of the jobseeker’s allowance application by a person (details supplied) will be decided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8588/22]

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 registered in that office on 21 January 2022.  It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought from the Department of Social Protection. Those papers were received in the Social Welfare Appeals Office on 31 January 2022 and the case was referred to an Appeals Officer on 9 February 2022 .

The Appeals Officer will make a summary decision on the appeal based on the documentary evidence presented or, if necessary, 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.