Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 682: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when arrears of disability benefit, disability allowance or job seeker's allowance will be paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare having particular regard to the fact that an incorrect decision was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48461/10]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The person concerned claimed illness benefit from 10th September 2009 to 11th September 2010 when her entitlement ceased as she had paid less than 260 PRSI contributions from the time she entered insurable employment.

The person concerned continued to submit medical certificates, certifying that she was unfit for work, up to 17th November 2010. She was awarded jobseeker's allowance from 18th November 2010 and she has been paid to date.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 683: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current rate of rent allowance support payable in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48462/10]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that one of the persons in question was awarded rent supplement as a single person from 22 October 2010 to 31 December 2010. The temporary nature of this award reflected the fact that the amount of the rent claimed was in excess of the maximum rent limit for a single person. If the household circumstances have changed, it remains open for both persons concerned to make a new application for rent supplement.