Michael Creed
Question:162. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is no longer in receipt of illness benefit. [10247/22]
View answerDáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 23 February 2022
162. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is no longer in receipt of illness benefit. [10247/22]
View answerIn order to support an application for Illness Benefit, medical certification is needed. To date, the Department has not received any medical evidence for the person concerned.
Medical certification for Illness Benefit is accepted in the following formats:
- An e-Cert – sent electronically by the person's doctor to the Department.
- A paper version of a Certificate of Incapacity for Work – available from the person's doctor.
- If the person tested positive for COVID-19 or was self-isolating as a close contact of a confirmed case of COVID-19 and has not received any vaccinations, she can provide a photo or screenshot of the HSE text message with her name on it and send to this inbox TDREPSIllnessBens@welfare.ie– the name and isolation dates should be clearly visible.
I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy .