Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if supplementary welfare will be facilitated for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45453/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The person concerned has been refused supplementary welfare allowance on the basis that her means are in excess of the statutory limit for receipt of this payment. Means are derived from a combination of her earnings from employment and maintenance payments. The person concerned has been advised of the outcome of her supplementary welfare allowance application.

A one parent family payment in the case of the person concerned is currently suspended pending receipt of documentation requested in order to complete a review of her entitlement to this payment.