Niamh Smyth
Ceist:716. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed. [6502/19]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 12 February 2019
Ceisteanna (716)
Freagraí scríofa
The person concerned was paid Partial Capacity Benefit up to the 11th January 2019 at a rate of €99 per week. This amount is 50% of her Illness Benefit rate and is paid where a person's restriction on capacity to work is assessed as moderate. She is currently in receipt of Jobseeker's Benefit.
As the person concerned requested to be moved from Partial Capacity Benefit to Illness Benefit, the Department wrote to her on the 4th December 2018 requesting the information needed in order to process her claim and to increase her payment to the full Illness Benefit rate of €198 per week. The Department has not, to date, received the information sought.
In the meantime, the Department has used the medical certificates received from the person concerned to pay her the full Illness Benefit rate for the dates she was medically certified as unfit for work. However, she should still provide the information requested on 4th December 2018 in order to ensure that the full amount due to her has been issued.
I trust this clarifies the matter for the deputy.