Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 327: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Meath will be facilitated with an earlier appointment for means testing in view of the fact that the duration of their jobseeker's benefit has expired and they currently have no income. [44848/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The person concerned had received his maximum entitlement to 390 days jobseeker's benefit on 22 November 2008. He had been advised to apply for jobseeker's allowance in advance of this date. He informed his local office on 28 October 2008 that he did not wish to do so.

He applied for jobseeker's allowance on 18 November 2008. Arrangements have been made to have an assessment of his means carried out on 9 January 2009. Due to the increase in the numbers signing the live register it is not possible to facilitate him with an earlier appointment.

It is open to the person concerned to contact the Community Welfare Officer at his local Health Centre regarding his possible entitlement to supplementary welfare allowance.