Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 18 July 2013
Public Accounts Committee
2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 – Social Protection
Chapter - 24 Supplementary Welfare Allowance
2:05 pm
Mr. John Shannon:
He or she could be applying for a payment for bedclothes because of a medical issue. The exceptional needs category covers an unforeseen expense that he or she cannot meet from his or her own resources. If it can be established that he or she can meet the expense from his or her own resources, then there is no contribution. However, the position changes if the community welfare officer is satisfied that he or she cannot meet the expense.