Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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284. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a once-off exceptional needs payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25516/17]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The person concerned made an application for an Exceptional Needs Payment to assist with the cost of funeral expenses. Following an examination of the application, including all supporting documentation, the Designated Person has refused the application on the basis that the person concerned has a combined income, from both full time employment and a Widow’s Contributory Pension, which is sufficiently in excess of the Supplementary Welfare Allowance rate applicable to their family circumstances, to enable them to meet the expense incurred from their own resources.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.