Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an applicant (details supplied) can expect a decision on their invalidity pension appeal. [23059/23]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Social Welfare Appeals Office is an Office of the Department of Social Protection which is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. Appeals Officers are independent in their decision making functions.

The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered on 30 March 2023. The claim had been registered by the Department on 29 November 2022 and disallowed by the Deciding Officer on 23 February 2023. 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 These papers were received in the Social Welfare Appeals Office on 11 May 2023 and the case was referred on 12 May 2023 to an Appeals Officer who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.