Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That payment is strictly means-tested under the supplementary allowance. It is even stricter than the normal means test with regard to a person’s savings and so on. I believe that anything above €5,000 in savings is accounted for with regard to supplementary welfare and so on. It is a very hard grant to get, as per the Department’s figures. I do not know how many people died during the year but I reckon the average is between 45,000 to 50,000, whereas 2,600 people received this grant. It is a rare occurrence.