An application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received on 24th May 2010. This application was referred to one of the Department's Medical Assessors who found that the child was not medically eligible for DCA. A letter issued on 8th July 2010 refusing the allowance. The person concerned subsequently lodged an appeal against this decision. He was informed by the Social Welfare Appeals Office on 20th January 2012 that the appeal had been disallowed. The decision/appeal process for this application is now complete. If the person concerned has additional information which was not made available to the deciding officer and appeals officer when they made their decisions, it is open to him to re-apply for the payment.