Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 361: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if mortgage support will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16796/09]

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.

Mortgage interest supplement provides short-term support to eligible people who are unable to meet their mortgage interest repayments in respect of a house which is their sole place of residence. The supplement assists with the interest portion of the mortgage repayments only.

The Executive has advised that the application for mortgage interest supplement from the person concerned has been refused and he has been notified of the decision. The person concerned has also been advised of his right of appeal against this decision to the HSE Appeals Office.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 362: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if unemployment assistance or benefit will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has not received payment for more than three months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16798/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The person concerned made an application for Jobseekers Allowance on 30 January 2009. Payment of Jobseekers Allowance is subject to a means test and arrangements are being made for him to be immediately interviewed by a Social Welfare Investigator.

The person concerned person may apply for Supplementary Welfare Allowance from their local Community Welfare Officer while his application for Jobseekers Allowance is being processed.