Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 April 2016
78. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5879/16]
View answerAn application for domiciliary care allowance was received from the person concerned on the 15th July 2015. This application was not allowed as the child was not considered to satisfy the qualifying conditions for the allowance. A letter issued on the 20th October 2015 outlining the decision of the deciding officer to refuse the allowance.
An appeal of this decision was registered on 9th November 2015 and additional information on the child’s condition/care needs was supplied. The application together with the new information supplied was examined by another medical assessor who considered that the child met the medical criteria for the allowance. Having reviewed the application in its entirety, the deciding officer considered that a revision of the original decision was warranted. The revised decision allowing the application was notified to the person concerned on 18th February 2016.
