Written answers
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Department of Social Protection
Mortgage Interest Supplement Payments
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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364. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct level of mortgage interest supplement to be paid in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; the way their level of mortgage interest supplement has fluctuated in the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25222/13]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The person concerned has been in receipt of mortgage interest supplement since August 2011. She was awarded the maximum amount payable of €218.09 per month taking account of her mortgage interest payments and her income. The supplement payable to the person concerned was reduced to €192.10 per month with effect from January 2012 to take account of a change introduced in Budget 2012 increasing the minimum contribution from a person claiming mortgage interest supplement.
Following a review in June 2012 the supplement was reduced to €167.50 per month due to a decrease in her mortgage interest payments. In April 2013 the supplement was reduced to €131.70 per month due to a further decrease in the mortgage interest payments. This is the maximum amount of mortgage interest supplement payable to the person concerned based on her income and mortgage interest payments.
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