Written answers

Wednesday, 11 November 2015

Department of Social Protection

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Photo of Aengus Ó SnodaighAengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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51. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if persons in receipt of the one parent family payment on the jobseeker's transitional allowance are ineligible for the Christmas bonus and/or the fuel allowance; and the position regarding same if a lone parent is in receipt of the working family dividend. [39781/15]

Photo of Joan BurtonJoan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Recipients of the jobseeker’s transitional payment are eligible for both the Christmas bonus and the fuel allowance.

Recipients of the back to work family dividend are not eligible for the fuel allowance but will receive the Christmas bonus.

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