Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 October 2015
186. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in paying child dependency to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34156/15]
View answerI confirm that the Department received an application for an increase of qualified child from the person concerned on 31 July 2015. On 20 August 2015, the person in question returned a completed questionnaire regarding this application. The deciding officer required some more information in order to ascertain eligibility to the allowance and subsequently referred the application to a local Social Welfare Inspector (SWI) for further investigation. Once the SWI has submitted his/her report, a decision will be made on the application and the person concerned will be notified directly of the outcome.
