Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when illness benefit payment will be transferred to disability allowance/invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43350/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Illness benefit claims are not transferred directly to another scheme. In order to be awarded invalidity pension or disability allowance a person must first make an application to these schemes. The person concerned has made an application for invalidity pension. This application for invalidity pension has been refused and the person concerned has been notified of this. The person concerned has the right to appeal this decision to the Social Welfare Appeals Office.