Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 27 September 2012
101. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41112/12]
View answerAn application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on 20th June 2011. 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 21st September 2011 refusing the allowance. The person concerned subsequently lodged an appeal against this decision and she was informed by the Social Welfare Appeals Office on 5th May 2012 that the appeal had not been allowed.
The decision/appeal process for this application is now complete. If the person concerned has additional information which was not available to the deciding and appeals officers when they made their decisions, it is open to her to re-apply for the payment.
