Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total number of people in receipt of the smokeless fuel allowance in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the current number in receipt broken down by county; the total costs of the payment in 2010, 2011 and estimated total costs in 2012; her plans for the future of the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5771/13]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Smokeless Fuel Allowance was an extra allowance paid by my Department to low-income households to help them meet the extra costs of using smokeless or low smoke fuels in certain parts of the country. This allowance was abolished from 1 September 2011. Information regarding the allowance’s recipients or its cost was not segregated from the statistics of the schemes under which it was paid prior to its abolition.