Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

They absolutely will.

The determining factor for people who receive the telephone allowance is that they have to be in receipt of a payment or the fuel allowance. We cross-reference anybody who is in receipt of the fuel allowance or other payments and he or she is entitled to receive the telephone allowance which will be paid on a weekly basis. The two conditions will determine who will receive it, but once it is decided that a person is to receive the allowance, he or she will receive it every week. I hope that makes sense.

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