Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That would seem anomalous. I will definitely have that checked out.

Another entitlement that a widow, widower or surviving partner can receive is the fuel allowance, which is a payment of €22.50 for six months of the year. In terms of the household benefits package, it is probably a little more complicated. It would depend on age, means testing and so on. If we were to do something simple, it might be the increase in the grant for children in the immediacy of the bereavement. I noted an article in the Daily Mailrecently written by somebody in receipt of the widow's pension who was disputing the fact that they should be entitled to it, because, as the Deputy knows, one can have it in addition to one's income. That is one of the reasons people pay pay-related social insurance, PRSI. They pay it in the knowledge that should something happen to them and they die that their widow, widower or civil partner will have the security of an income and be able to earn income in addition to that.

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