Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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506. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if arrears due to a person (details supplied) in relation to their claim for family income supplement will be paid out immediately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13346/17]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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In order to qualify for FIS the person concerned must be engaged in full-time remunerative employment as an employee for at least 38 hours per fortnight (19 hours per week). It is a further condition for the receipt of FIS that claimants cannot claim Jobseekers Benefit (JB) and FIS concurrently. The person concerned was awarded Family Income Supplement (FIS) from 2^ndJune, 2016 to 31^stMay, 2017.

On the 6^thDecember, 2016 the person concerned applied for Jobseekers Benefit (JB), and this automatically stopped the payment of FIS.

FIS payments have now been reinstated for the person concerned and any arrears due for FIS during this period have now issued to their designated bank account.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.