Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 September 2015
166. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will review an overpayment of an unemployment benefit to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32749/15]
View answerOn 20 November 2003, the client was disallowed Jobseeker’s Benefit (JB) as official documentation submitted to the Department showed him to have been working for the period 2 January 2003 to 8 February 2003. On 3 December 2003, the client disputed this finding, stating that he commenced work on 8 February 2003. While he undertook to obtain and submit supporting documentation, no such supporting documentation was subsequently received. Therefore, the decision was not reviewed and the overpayment stood.
In the period concerned, a second overpayment of JB occurred when the client was shown to have started work on 26 January 2004 and was paid up to 28 January 2004. There is no record of an appeal of this overpayment.
