Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 November 2013
503. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason domiciliary care allowance has been revoked in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46118/13]
View answerAn application for domiciliary care allowance (DCA) was received in respect of the person concerned on the 10th December 2012. This application was referred to one of the Department’s Medical Assessors for their opinion; they considered that the child was not medically eligible for the allowance. A letter issued on the 20th February 2013 advising of the decision to refuse the allowance. An appeal was subsequently lodged against this decision and they were informed by the Social Welfare Appeals Office on 2nd October 2013 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 made available to the deciding and appeals officers when they made their decisions, it is open for them to re-apply for the allowance.
