Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 23 of October 2012, the grounds on which a request for an exceptional needs payment was refused in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she will review this decision with particular reference to the bad health of the applicant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47740/12]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The exceptional needs payment application of the person concerned was disallowed as the medical evidence submitted did not recommend the need for clothing. The person concerned has been advised that she can request a review of this decision.