Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 23 March 2011
61 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals filed in 2009 and 2010 against refusals to provide a payment on the basis of the habitual residence condition, and the number of these that succeeded. [5466/11]
View answerI am informed by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that the statistics requested by the Deputy in relation to the number of appeals received by that Office against refusals to provide a payment on the basis of the habitual residence condition are not maintained.
However, in 2009, 1,383 decisions were by made by Appeals Officers in relation to the Habitual Residence Condition of which 328 were allowed or partly allowed and 1,055 disallowed. In 2010, 4,146 decisions were made in relation to Habitual Residence Condition, of which 747 were allowed or partially allowed and 3,399 disallowed. 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 on social welfare entitlements.
