Dan Neville (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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Question 119: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if supplementary welfare allowance payment will be reviewed with a view to awarding a higher rate of payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [12982/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Health Service Executive has advised that the person concerned is in receipt of a basic supplementary welfare allowance payment at the appropriate rate based on his particular circumstances. The assessment that was carried out by the Community Welfare Officer (CWO) was based on audited accounts that were provided by the person concerned. The HSE has further advised that the person concerned has been in contact with the CWO and undertook to provide additional information that will allow the CWO to revisit the assessment. To date this information has not been provided.