asked the Minister for Social Welfare the reasons for the delay in the payment of unemployment assistance to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary.

The claim for unemployment assistance of the person concerned was disallowed by a deciding officer from 29 October 1980 on the grounds that his means exceeded the statutory limit of £1,521.00 applicable in his case. The person concerned appealed against the assessment of means, but an appeals officer upheld the decision of the deciding officer on 30 December 1980. However, if the person concerned is of the opinion that his circumstances have changed since the date on which his case was determined by the appeals officer, it is open to him to apply to have his means reassessed.

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