Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 341: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway to see if it would be possible to recoup any overpayments that may have been made to them in a phased manner and at a rate and frequency that is affordable for the family concerned; and her views on whether it should be sufficient for claimants to alert one section of her Department to any relevant changes in their circumstances and that this information should then be automatically shared across schemes. [4962/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The person concerned was awarded a Family Income Supplement (FIS) payment on 19 December 2011 with effect from 28 July 2011.

At the time of award of her FIS claim the person concerned had an outstanding debt of €451.41 to the Department, on foot of a previous overpayment of Jobseeker's Allowance. This debt was recorded centrally on the Department's debt management system.

Accordingly the person concerned was contacted by the Department, prior to payment of her FIS commencing, regarding arrangements for refunding the outstanding debt from her FIS payment.

At the time the person concerned agreed to refund the outstanding debt in full from the arrears of FIS due her.

The person concerned was subsequently informed of a possible overpayment of her One Parent Family Payment (OPFP) but following consideration of her case it was decided that no overpayment had arisen.

Accordingly the person concerned has no further outstanding debts to the Department at present.