Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 334: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who is on a rural social scheme is not receiving the child dependant allowance payment rate in respect of their stepson. [37799/05]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Payment of a child dependant increase under the rural social scheme is only made to RSS participants upon formal confirmation by the Department of Social and Family Affairs that there is an underlying entitlement to such an allowance.

Westmeath Community Development Limited, which implements this scheme on behalf of my Department in the relevant area, has informed me that the Department of Social and Family Affairs is considering an application from the person in question. Westmeath Community Development Limited is awaiting formal notification of the decision to be taken by the Department of Social and Family Affairs on this matter.