Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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240. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer's respite grant in respect of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed. [27191/18]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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Firstly may I take this opportunity to extend my condolences to the person concerned and his family on their recent bereavement.

The Carer's Support Grant (CSG) formerly known as the respite care grant is an annual payment made to full-time carers who satisfy certain conditions.

The grant is payable automatically to carers who are in receipt of carer’s allowance (CA) on the first Thursday in June of the relevant year.

CA continues in payment for 12 weeks after the death of a care recipient.

In this case as the care recipient died on 3 March 2018, the person concerned continued to receive CA at a personal rate of €126.00 per week until 30 May 2018. As entitlement to CA ceased from this date the person concerned was not entitled to receive the CSG 2018.

I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.