Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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698. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reconsider refusal of an exceptional needs payment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53927/17]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The person concerned made an application for an Exceptional Needs Payment (ENP) to assist with the cost of a replacement cooker. As a payment of €310.00 was awarded in September 2015 to purchase this item, the Designated Person adjudged that this particular need had been recently met and given the general durability of such items it was reasonable to expect that this item would be in full working order for more than two years. For this reason the application submitted by the person concerned was disallowed.

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