The person concerned was paid Family Income Supplement (FIS) from 22 April 2004 to 28 January 2009. Payment should have stopped when she ceased employment on 29 August 2008, however, she failed to notify the family income supplement section of the change in her circumstances.
She applied for, and was awarded, One Parent Family Payment (OPFP) with effect from 12 June 2008. During a review of her claim, in January 09, it came to light that she was still in receipt of FIS, not withstanding the fact that she had provided a P45 to the local office in September 2008. Her FIS payment was duly stopped and an overpayment assessed at €3006.00 as she was not entitled to receive this payment when she ceased to be employed.
The person concerned has been informed of the accrual of the overpayment, and of her right to appeal the overpayment assessed against her. It is open to her to submit an appeal to the Social Welfare Appeals Office, D'Olier House, and while she has not done so, this question is being treated as an appeal.