Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the exact entitlement on a weekly basis of carer's allowance in respect of their family in the case of a person (details supplied); if all arrears have been discharged in regard to this or previous entitlement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19128/17]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I can confirm that the person concerned is in receipt of the maximum rate of Carer’s Allowance payable to a person caring for one care recipient of €209.00 per week.

This includes a budgetary increase of €5.00 per week effective from 16 March 2017.

In addition she is in receipt of the maximum rate payable for each of her 3 qualified children of €29.80 weekly per child.

The person concerned has an outstanding Supplementary Welfare Allowance debt which the department is recovering by weekly deductions of €30.60 from her carer’s allowance resulting in a net payment of €267.80 per week.

Following a previous successful appeal, all arrears owing her from 28 January 2016 issued directly to her on 1 September 2016.

I hope this clarified the matter for the Deputy.