Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 215: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 29 January 2009, the reason payment was only sanctioned from 1 December when the applicant applied on 16 November 2008 and has been without payment since 30 October; and if she will ensure that the payment is backdated in full. [3774/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The supplementary welfare allowance scheme, which includes mortgage interest supplement, is administered on behalf of the department by the community welfare division of the Health Service Executive.

The Health Service Executive has confirmed that the person concerned was awarded a mortgage interest supplement from 1 December 2008 as it considered that her final paycheck of €2,916 received on 28 October was sufficient to meet her needs for the month of November 2008.

It is open to the person concerned to appeal against this decision to the Executive's designated appeals officer.