Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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434. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the correct Social Protection entitlements to be paid in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27198/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The person concerned is currently residing in direct provision accommodation as provided by the Irish Refugee Protection Programme. The food and accommodation benefits attributed to this accommodation are deemed to be non-cash benefits, and for a single person are valued at €166.90 when assessing jobseeker allowance. In addition, the person concerned is also engaged in casual part-time employment which is assessable as means for the purposes of jobseekers allowance.

This assessment is correct according to the information supplied to this Department by the person concerned.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.