Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if respite grant-care will be offered in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8562/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The respite care grant (RCG) is an annual payment made to full-time carers who satisfy certain conditions. The grant is payable automatically to carers who are in receipt of carer’s allowance on the first Thursday in June of the relevant year.

The person in question was not paid a RCG for 2014 automatically because their carer’s allowance was awarded from 11^thSeptember 2014 and they were not in receipt of carer’s allowance on the relevant date in 2014.

A carer who does not qualify for automatic payment of RCG may apply for it by completing the application form RCG 1 and sending it to the Respite Care Grant Section PO Box 10085, Dublin 2. Their eligibility will be assessed and they will be notified directly of the outcome.