Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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213. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a full review in respect of an outstanding payment due for jobseeker's allowance will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32749/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The person concerned named dwelling arrangements/living arrangements prior to declaring his residence at his current address and these have already been investigated by officials in Kildare. As a result of this investigation his claim for jobseekers allowance was disallowed in July 2015. He subsequently appealed this decision to the independent Appeals Office and the Department’s decision to disallow his claim was upheld.

In May 2016 he claimed jobseekers allowance from the family home address in Dublin 15; he has been paid his full entitlement at this address from that date . As matters stand there are no arrears due to him and no additional evidence has been supplied to warrant a review of his case. If he has additional or new evidence in relation to the decision adjudicated upon by the Appeals Office then he should bring that forward whereupon the Department may consider a revised decision or referring the matter back to the Appeals Office.

As he has not appealed the decision to award him his full entitlements from the family home address since May 2016 it is presumed that he is satisfied with this decision. However, if he wishes to adduce additional evidence then this too will be considered by the Department.

I trust this clarifies matters for the Deputy.