Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 November 2014
162. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a carer's allowance application appeal will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41065/14]
View answerThe Social Welfare Appeals Office has advised me that an appeal by the person concerned was registered in that office on the 14th July 2014. It is a statutory requirement of the appeals process that the relevant papers and comments by or on behalf of the Deciding Officer on the grounds of appeal be sought from the Department of Social Protection. These papers have been received in the Social Welfare Appeals Office on the 2nd October 2014 and the case was referred to an Appeals Officer on the 13th October 2014 who will make a summary decision on the appeal based on documentary evidence presented or, if required, hold an oral hearing.
The Social Welfare Appeals Office functions independently of the Minister for Social Protection and of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements.
