Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 520: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved for the free electricity and television licence. [10343/05]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The person concerned applied for an electricity allowance and a free television licence on 3 March 2005. He has been awarded an electricity allowance with effect from 15 December 2004. He has also been awarded a free lifetime television licence with effect from his next renewal licence after 15 December 2004. If he has purchased a licence since that date he should forward proof of purchase of the licence, that is, a copy of the licence or a receipt from An Post, in order to receive a refund. The proof should be forwarded to the Free Schemes Section, Pension Services Office, College Road, Sligo. The ESB has been notified to apply the allowance to his account as soon as possible.

According to the records of my Department, the person concerned has never applied for a telephone allowance. If he wishes to do so, he should complete the relevant application form which I have arranged to have issued directly to him. The completed form should, again, be returned to the Sligo office.

Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 521: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved for free electricity and television licence. [10344/05]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The person concerned applied for an electricity allowance and a free television licence on 29 November 2004. He was requested to provide further details to assist in dealing with his claim. Following receipt of these details, he was awarded an electricity allowance with effect from 29 September 2004. He was also awarded a free lifetime television licence with effect from the next renewal licence after 29 September 2004. If he has purchased a licence since that date he should forward proof of purchase of the licence, that is, a copy of the licence or a receipt from An Post, in order to receive a refund. The proof should be forwarded to the Free Schemes Section, Pension Services Office, College Road, Sligo. The ESB has been notified to apply the allowance to his account as soon as possible.

According to the records of my Department, the person concerned has never applied for a telephone allowance. If he wishes to do so, he should complete the relevant application form which I have arranged to have issued directly to him. The completed form should, again, be returned to the Sligo office.