Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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290. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if persons in receipt of a supplementary welfare allowance can receive up to €20 per week for helping to feed their dogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19183/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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There are no payments made by the Department of Social Protection towards the cost of caring for a dog.

I hope the answer assures the Deputy and that it clarifies it for him.