Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 522: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the respite grant for carers will be paid in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5130/10]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The respite care grant will be paid in the usual way in June 2010. The level of grant was not changed in the recent budget.

Supporting and recognizing carers in our society is, and has been, a priority of the Government since 1997. In 2005, the respite care grant was extended to all people providing full time care and attention, regardless of their means or social insurance contributions and it was made payable in respect of each care recipient. From June 2007, the level of the grant was increased by €300 per year to €1,500 per year in respect of each person being cared for. In Budget 2008, the level of the grant was increased by a further €200 per year to €1,700 in respect of each care recipient.

Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 523: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the status of a payment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5142/10]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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In the time available it is not possible to provide the information requested.

James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 524: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a carer's allowance was disallowed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5151/10]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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In the time available it is not possible to provide the information requested.

James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 525: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a person (details supplied) who has been here for 18 months and has refugee status will be paid jobseeker's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5153/10]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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In the time available it is not possible to provide the information requested.