Written answers
Thursday, 1 December 2016
Department of Social Protection
Family Income Supplement Applications
John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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178. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) is expected to receive a family income supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38094/16]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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An application for family income supplement (FIS) was received by the person concerned on 27thSeptember 2016.
However, the person concerned was in receipt of jobseeker’s transitional payment (JST) at the time of application. As FIS is not payable while on JST, the person concerned was advised by the department on the 4thNovember 2016 that it would be to their financial benefit to close off their existing JST claim in favour of receiving FIS. The JST payment has now been closed and the FIS application has been awarded with effect from the 29thSeptember 2016.
The person concerned will receive their first FIS payment by their chosen payment method on 01stDecember 2016. All arrears due from 29thSeptember 2016, less JST already paid, have issued to the person concerned.
I trust this clarifies the matter for the deputy.
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