Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 January 2013
381. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection when a domiciliary care allowance will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2922/13]
View answerAn application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received on the 14th July 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 the 10th October 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 18th July 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 and appeals officers when they made their decisions, it is open to her to re-apply for the payment.
