Social Welfare Eligibility

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 July 2022

Tuesday, 12 July 2022

Questions (633)

Claire Kerrane

Question:

633. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of fuel allowance applicants in 2020, 2021 and 2022, who were €100 or less over the qualifying means test threshold, who were €250 or less over the qualifying means test threshold, who were €500 or less over the qualifying means test threshold or who were €1,000 or less over the qualifying means test threshold in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form by threshold and for each respective year [37753/22]

Written answers

Minister for Social Protection (Deputy Heather Humphreys)

My Department does not hold the information requested by the Deputy.

The fuel allowance payment is typically added to the usual weekly social welfare payment as an additional payment component. This means that the fuel allowance is different to other social welfare payments in that it is operated across a variety of the Department’s payment systems, rather than one centralised system. Accordingly, the detail requested by the Deputy in relation to fuel allowance is not available across all of the schemes eligible for payment under the scheme.

Question No. 634 answered with Question No. 587.