Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when child benefit will be made payable to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5030/13]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The person concerned has made a child benefit claim in respect of her grandchildren who are living in her household. The children's mother, who also resides in the household, previously submitted a child benefit application, but her claim was disallowed on the grounds that she did not satisfy the habitual residence condition. She was informed of this decision, and advised of her right of appeal. No appeal has been received to date. Child benefit regulations state that where children are resident with their mother, she is normally the person considered to be qualified to receive the benefit. However, based on the correspondence received entitlement to child benefit will now be reviewed.