Social Welfare Appeals

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 May 2011

Tuesday, 17 May 2011

Questions (209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214)

Áine Collins

Question:

241 Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an appeal for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied). [11971/11]

Finian McGrath

Question:

242 Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied). [11908/11]

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Question:

243 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a domiciliary care allowance appeal in respect of persons (details supplied). [12157/11]

Joan Collins

Question:

265 Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review an appeal for domiciliary care (details supplied). [11448/11]

Jonathan O'Brien

Question:

289 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Social Protection the reasons a domiciliary care allowance was refused in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11815/11]

Written answers

Minister for Social Protection (Deputy Joan Burton)

I propose to take Questions Nos. 241 to 243, inclusive, 265 and 289 together.

The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 05 February 2011. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. These papers were received in the Social Welfare Appeals Office on 12th March 2011 and the appeal will be referred to an Appeals Officer, in due course, who will decide whether the case can be decided on a summary basis or whether to list it for 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 on social welfare entitlements.

Frank Feighan

Question:

244 Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a respite application in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon which is with her Department since June 2009. [11149/11]

Minister for Social Protection (Deputy Joan Burton)

The Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on 14 February 2011. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant Departmental papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought. These papers were received in the Social Welfare Appeals Office on 08 March 2011 and the appeal will be referred to an Appeals Officer, in due course, who will decide whether the case can be decided on a summary basis or whether to list it for 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 on social welfare entitlements.