Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 273: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the one-parent family allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47605/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The person concerned applied for One Parent Family Payment in August 2008 and having received all the necessary information and documentation a decision has been made on his claim. The claim has been awarded and payment in respect of a two week period will be available at his appointed Post Office on 18 December 2008. Any arrears due will be paid as soon as possible when all calculations relating to payment of jobseeker's benefit and supplementary welfare allowance (which were paid within the period August 2008 to December 2008) have been made.