Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application by a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2170/16]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Fuel allowance, under the National fuel scheme, may be payable to certain households in receipt of long term Social Welfare payments who are unable to provide for their heating needs. The allowance is subject to a means test and is paid only to those who live alone or with certain exempted people. Full details of the qualifying criteria for the scheme are available on the Department’s website www.welfare.ie.

An application for fuel allowance was received from the person concerned on 27 November 2015. The weekly household means were assessed as being in excess of the allowable weekly income limit for fuel allowance. The application for fuel allowance was disallowed and the person concerned was notified of the decision and the reasons for it on 14 January 2016.