Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 104: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will facilitate an exceptional or once-off payment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30687/11]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The community welfare service (CWS) and the community welfare officers providing it transferred formally to the Department of Social Protection (DSP) from 1 October 2011. The service and the staff are now part of the DSP.

The person concerned was refused an exceptional needs payment towards fuel costs as the Department's representative who administers supplementary welfare allowance was not satisfied that an exceptional need existed.