Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 February 2010
423 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the grounds on which fuel allowance was withdrawn from a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if she will review the circumstances with a view to reinstating this payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4461/10]
View answerIn the time available it is not possible to provide the information requested.
424 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 1176 of 19 January 2010, if no incorrect information was sent by her Department to An Post in relation to jobseeker’s payments for Christmas week in 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4469/10]
View answerAs outlined in my response to Question no. 1176 following the initial agreement of the payment dates some revisions were made to some jobseeker payment dates. The revised dates related to some payments due on the 28 and 29 December and were agreed with An Post. The revisions were communicated throughout the An Post network on 8 December, in good time and in advance of the due dates for the payment affected. I am therefore satisfied that while the Christmas schedule was not incorrect, it was revised. Given the time between the notification to post offices and the dates the payments were due, this should not have interfered with the collection of jobseeker's payments.
