Social Welfare Benefits

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 12 May 2010

Wednesday, 12 May 2010

Questions (94)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Question:

129 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health and Children the scale of and the reasons for different interpretations employed by community welfare officers here in terms of whether they consider the amount of interest to be reasonable when using their discretionary power to award mortgage interest supplement. [19367/10]

Written answers

Minister for Health and Children (Deputy Mary Harney)

I wish to advise the Deputy that due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive it is not possible for the Executive to supply the information requested. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.