Written answers

Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Department of Social Protection

Fuel Allowance Expenditure

Photo of Terence FlanaganTerence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to increase the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35285/14]

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The fuel allowance is a weekly payment of €20 to low income households on long-term social welfare payments to assist them with their energy costs. The allowance is paid for 26 weeks from October to April. The payment represents a contribution towards the energy costs of a household. It is not intended to meet those costs in full. Only one allowance is paid per household.

The allowance is paid to over 411,000 households at an estimated cost of €208 million in 2014.

Any changes to current arrangements would be a matter for Budgetary considerations.

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