Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)
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511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to fuel allowance. [52913/17]

Finian McGrath (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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This gentleman is in receipt of Disability Allowance (DA) since 23 April 2014. An application for Free Fuel Allowance (FFA) was received from this gentleman on 20 October 2017. FFA 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 FFA if they are getting DA and they live alone or only with other people getting one of the qualifying payments who would also be eligible for FFA in their own right. Based on the information provided to the department, this gentleman does not qualify for FFA as his household consists of people who are not in a qualifying category. Notification of his refusal for FFA issued on 2 December 2017.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.