John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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211. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to a previous parliamentary question in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, if the circumstances will be examined as a matter of urgency relative to an overpayment made to the person by her Department with a view to accepting a payment of €5 per week as an initial arrangement, based on the person's financial circumstances and the hardship that a higher repayment would cause; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26382/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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In accordance with the Social Welfare Consolidation Act, 2005, as amended by Section 13 of the Social Welfare Act, 2012, overpayments may be recovered by way of a weekly deduction from a person's ongoing Social Welfare entitlement up to an amount equivalent to 15% of the weekly personal rate payable without consent.

In the case of the person concerned, 15% of the weekly personal rate would amount to €29.00 weekly. However, having given due consideration to information supplied by the person in question regarding his financial circumstances and taking account of the magnitude of the debt, it was decided that the debt will be recouped by weekly deductions of €10.00 from his Invalidity Pension payment commencing from 25 June 2015.

Should the financial circumstances of the person concerned change in the future the recovery plan may be reviewed at that time.