Written answers
Tuesday, 8 December 2015
Department of Social Protection
Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who is claiming a social protection payment for 389 and not 390 days can be entitled to the Christmas bonus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43766/15]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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A bonus of 75% of the normal weekly payment was paid in December 2015 to people getting a long-term social welfare payment. For clients in receipt of Jobseeker's Allowance, long-term is defined as over 15 months or over 390 days of unemployment. As the person concerned had not been in receipt of a payment for the required period, she is not eligible for the payment.
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