Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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49. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if bereavement grant or exceptional needs payment is payable in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2067/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The purpose of Mortgage Interest Supplement is to provide short term income support to eligible people who are unable to meet their mortgage interest repayments in respect of a house which is their sole place of residence. The supplement assists with the interest portion of the mortgage repayments only.

The Mortgage Interest Supplement of the person referred to was reviewed in December 2014 and it was found that the interest payment amount had decreased and therefore the Mortgage Interest Supplement was reduced accordingly.