Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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187. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the full circumstances of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38202/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The person concerned was in receipt of supplementary welfare allowance pending the processing of a jobseekers allowance application. The person concerned did not disclose that she was in receipt of carers allowance at the maximum rate. Under the provisions of the carers allowance scheme, jobseekers allowance cannot be paid concurrently.

An application for the one parent family payment in May 2011 did not proceed as requested supporting documentation was not provided. There is no record of any other recent application being received from the person concerned for another social welfare payment.

I hope that this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.