Aengus Ó Snodaigh
Question:198 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 has had no social welfare payments or rent allowance for some time. [14366/11]
View answerTuesday, 7 June 2011
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The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that it awarded an interim weekly supplementary welfare allowance to the person concerned pending a decision by this Department concerning her entitlement to a one-parent family payment. Payment of the weekly supplementary welfare allowance was suspended following the decision by this Department not to award a one-parent family payment on the grounds of cohabitation.
The HSE has advised that decisions on entitlement for both a weekly supplementary welfare allowance and rent supplement are pending receipt of documentation from the person concerned. The documentation required includes satisfactory evidence verifying the current address of her partner and a statement from her bank verifying that the bank account in question has been closed.