Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 277: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved for the free schemes. [8624/05]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The person concerned applied for the household benefits package on 3 February 2005.

On 11 March, following confirmation that both the electricity and telephone accounts were in the customer's name, she was awarded an electricity allowance and a telephone allowance on 11 March 2005, effective from 11 November 2004.

Both the ESB and SMART telecom will be notified as soon as possible to apply the allowances to her account. A lifetime free television licence will also be issued to her as soon as possible and will take effect from her next renewal licence after 11 November 2004.