Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 130: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an exceptional needs payment will be made in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24220/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, which is administered on behalf of the Department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive, an exceptional needs payment (ENP) may be made to help meet an essential, once-off cost which the applicant is unable to meet out of his/her own resources. There is no automatic entitlement to this payment. Each application is determined by the Executive based on the particular circumstances of the case.

The Dublin/ Mid Leinster area of the HSE has advised that it has no record of a claim for an exceptional needs payment from the individuals concerned. If they wish claim such a payment they should contact their local community welfare officer.