Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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Question 17: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has instructed her inspectors to request car insurance certificates and bank account numbers from recipients of one parent family payment in the standard review of their payment; if this is a new initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11859/12]

John Halligan (Waterford, Independent)
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Question 34: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the changes that have been made to the documents that are being requested from those in receipt of one parent family payments in a standard review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11864/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 17 and 34 together.

There are currently 91,987 recipients of a one-parent family payment from my Department costing the Exchequer just over €1 billion per annum.

No changes have been made in relation to the supporting documentation required during the course of a review. In order to establish the ongoing entitlement of a customer to a one-parent family payment, s/he is asked to provide documentary evidence, where appropriate. This can include:

· payslips to confirm details in relation to earnings;

· statements from financial institutions to confirm the balance of any savings held;

· confirmation of any maintenance payments received; and

· utility bills or other documentation to confirm their address.