Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 198: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 has had no social welfare payments or rent allowance for some time. [14366/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Health Service Executive (HSE) has advised that it awarded an interim weekly supplementary welfare allowance to the person concerned pending a decision by this Department concerning her entitlement to a one-parent family payment. Payment of the weekly supplementary welfare allowance was suspended following the decision by this Department not to award a one-parent family payment on the grounds of cohabitation.

The HSE has advised that decisions on entitlement for both a weekly supplementary welfare allowance and rent supplement are pending receipt of documentation from the person concerned. The documentation required includes satisfactory evidence verifying the current address of her partner and a statement from her bank verifying that the bank account in question has been closed.