Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if fuel allowance will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51408/17]

Finian McGrath (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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Free fuel allowance is a payment under the National Fuel Scheme to help with the cost of heating your home during the winter months. It is paid to people who are dependent on long-term social welfare payments and who are unable to provide for their own heating needs.

A person may qualify for this allowance if they are getting disability allowance and they live alone or only with other people getting one of the qualifying payments who would also be eligible for a fuel allowance in their own right.

I can confirm that this gentleman has been awarded free fuel allowance from 02 July 2014. He received his first payment 08 October 2014.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.