Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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247. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a Christmas bonus is payable to a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of a jobseeker's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38805/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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A Christmas Bonus payment of 85% of the appropriate weekly amount is to be paid to all customers on a long term Social Welfare payment. In order to qualify for this bonus the person concerned must have be in receipt of a Jobseekers Allowance payment in excess of 390 days.

In the case of this person he has been paid a total of 266 days and therefore does not have an entitlement for this year’s Christmas Bonus.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.