Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 175: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when child benefit payments will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37059/10]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The person in question had been in receipt Child Benefit under domestic legislation from 1 October 2005. Correspondence received on 27 January 2010 indicated that her child moved to Lithuania on 4 January 2010 and consequently payment was suspended from February 2010. She is currently in insurable employment, and therefore her claim is now subject to EU legislation. Correspondence issued on 28 September 2010 requesting details of the carer of her child in Lithuania and a reply was received on 12 October 2010 stating that the child is residing with his grandparents. Correspondence has now issued to the Lithuanian authorities querying entitlement to Family Benefits in that State. On receipt of a reply from the Lithuanian authorities entitlement to Child Benefit will be examined and the person in question will be notified accordingly.