Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 October 2013
235. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on a domiciliary care application which was to be reviewed based on new medical evidence in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [44195/13]
View answerThe most recent application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received from the person concerned on the 30th November 2012. This application was referred to one of the Department's Medical Assessors who found that the child was not medically eligible for the allowance. A letter issued on the 9th February 2013 refusing the allowance. The person concerned subsequently lodged an appeal against this decision and was informed by the Social Welfare Appeals Office on 20th August 2013 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 him to re-apply for the allowance.
