Under the terms of the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, administered on behalf of my Department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive, a recipient of a social welfare or Health Service Executive payment who has exceptional heating cost due to ill health or infirmity may qualify for a heating supplement.
Due to the different nature and format of applications for heating supplements, details of the number of applications to the executive for these supplements are not readily available in the north-eastern area or elsewhere. Details of the number of recipients of heating supplements in counties in the north-east area are shown in the following table.
Table: Number of recipients of heating supplement in the Health Service Executive north east area by county at 7 October 2005.
County
|
No.
|
Cavan
|
10
|
Louth
|
3
|
Meath
|
19
|
Monaghan
|
12
|
Total NE
|
44
|
Total National
|
3,157
|