Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 19 January 2022
922. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a domiciliary care allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1290/22]
View answerDomiciliary Care Allowance (DCA) is payable in respect of children with a severe disability who require care and attention substantially in excess of that required by children of a similar age without their disability, providing this additional care is likely to last for at least 12 months.
An application for DCA was received from the person concerned on the 23rd July 2021. The application was not allowed as the child was not considered to satisfy the qualifying conditions for the allowance. A letter issued on the 3rd December 2021 setting out the decision of the deciding officer to refuse the allowance.
An appeal was registered by the Social Welfare Appeals Office on the 23rd December 2021 and received in the Department's Domiciliary Care Allowance Section on the 31st December 2021. As part of the appeals process, her application will be re-examined by a deciding officer in DCA section. If the decision remains unchanged the person concerned will be advised that the review request was unsuccessful and her file will be forwarded to the Social Welfare Appeals Office for the consideration of an Appeals Officer.
I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
