Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 December 2015
152. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a domiciliary care allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; when a decision will issue. [42603/15]
View answerAn application for domiciliary care allowance was received from the person concerned on the 11th December 2013. This application was not allowed as the child was not considered to satisfy the qualifying conditions for the allowance. A letter issued on the 18th February 2014 outlining the decision of the deciding officer to refuse the allowance.
A review of this decision was requested on 29th June 2015 and additional information on this child’s condition/care needs was supplied on 2nd November 2015. A letter issued on the 25 November 2015 outlining the decision of the deciding officer that a revised decision was not warranted as the child is not considered to satisfy the qualifying conditions for the allowance.
