Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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383. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a weekly payment has been reduced in the case of a person (details supplied). [34570/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The person concerned is casually employed and is in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance including an increase in respect of a child dependant. As her child dependant reached the age of 18, the qualified child allowance terminated with effect from 30 September 2016.

If the child dependant is continuing in further education, it is open to the person concerned to submit a letter from the education provider confirming that the child dependant is currently registered as a student and engaged in full-time education.

Additionally, the person concerned did not receive payment for the October bank holiday. If the person concerned is not eligible for payment by her employer for the October bank holiday, it is open to the person to submit a letter from their employer to the Maynooth office, confirming that no payment was received for the bank holiday and a payment will issue for that day.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.