Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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187. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if and when disability allowance or illness benefit will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23290/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Illness Benefit is a payment for people who cannot work due to illness and who satisfy the pay related social insurance (PRSI) contribution conditions. From my Department's records the person concerned does not satisfy the statutory contribution condition due to insufficient PRSI contributions in the 2013 governing contribution year.

To date a claim to disability allowance has not been received. An application form for disability allowance has been issued to the person concerned.

The person concerned is currently in receipt of Supplementary Welfare Allowance.