Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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269. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of weeks a person (details supplied) was alleged to have been overpaid; the exact level of their authorised weekly allowance during the period of alleged overpayment; the exact period during which overpayment is alleged to have occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21570/17]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The person concerned was in receipt of supplementary welfare allowance from 5/8/2010 to 2/11/2011 pending the outcome of a jobseeker’s allowance application. Carer’s allowance was also paid to the person concerned during this time. This resulted in an overlap of payments for 65 weeks. The total amount of supplementary welfare allowance paid to the person concerned during this period was €16,411.

The weekly rates of carer’s allowance awarded for the period in question is as follows:

The authorised payment for the period concerned is carer’s allowance. Governing legislation provides that carer’s allowance cannot be paid in conjunction with jobseeker’s allowance and a resulting overpayment was incurred for the above mentioned period for the total amount of supplementary welfare allowance paid to the person concerned.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.