Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 49: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment will be made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13195/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Under the supplementary allowance scheme an exceptional needs payment (ENP) may be made by the Health Service Executive (HSE) to help meet an essential, once-off cost which the applicant is unable to meet out of his/her own resources. There is no automatic entitlement to this payment. Each application is determined by the HSE based on the particular circumstances of the case. Eligible people would normally be in receipt of a social welfare or HSE payment. The community welfare officer (CWO) in the HSE has advised that the application for assistance has been granted and a payment issued to the person concerned on 13th May 2011.