Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Social Protection if dietary allowance or exceptional needs payment will be made payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9460/13]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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There is no current application from the person concerned for a dietary allowance or exceptional needs payment registered with this department. A previous application for a dietary allowance was refused and the decision upheld on 16 November 2012. An application for an exceptional needs payment was approved on 10 January 2013.