Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 307: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a back to school allowance will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32604/09]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance (BSCFA) scheme is administered on behalf of the department by the community welfare service of the Health Service Executive (HSE).

The HSE has advised, that according to its records, it has not received an application for BSCFA from the person concerned.

Application forms are available at reception points in local health centres or alternatively are available to download from the websites of the Community Welfare Service at http://communitywelfareservice.ie/cws or from the website of the Department of Social and Family Affairs at http://www.welfare.ie/EN/Schemes/SupplementaryWelfareAllowance/Pages/BacktoSchoolClothingandFootwearAllowance.aspx .

The completed application form should be returned to the Health Service Executive, Eastern Region at PO Box 16132, Dublin 7 before 30 September 2009.

An applicant for BSCFA is notified of the decision on their application by the HSE. The HSE free-phone number 1800 201 698 can be used to ascertain the status of a claim at any time.